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Old English Dictionary Entry

Sýfer-ǽte

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1 sýfer-ǽte

adj. Moderate in eating, sober, temperate:--Sig se abbod clǽne and sýferǽte (sýfre, Wells Frgt.) oportet eum esse castum, sobrium, R. Ben. 119, 25.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚣᚠᛖᚱ-ǽᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Riddles (Exeter Book)
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