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Old English Dictionary Entry

Sár-slege

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1 sár-slege

m. A painful blow, a blow that wounds or pains:--Wé ða heardestan wítu geþoliaþ þurh sárslege, Exon. Th. 262, 31; Jul. 341: 275, 8; Jul. 547. Ne móstun hý Gúþláces gǽste sceþþan, ne þurh sárslege sáwle gedǽlan wið líchoman, 115, 31; Gú. 198. Ðá wæs hé swungen sárslegum, swát ýðum weóll, Andr. Kmbl. 2551; Ann. 1277. sar-slege
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚪᚱ-ᛋᛚᛖᚷᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gú.
Guthlac (OE poem)
Jul.
Juliana (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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