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Sáwlung

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1 sáwlung

f. The giving up the ghost, expiring:--Cwæð sum hálig biscop ðá hé wæs on sáwlenga be ðeossum fæder: Arsenius ðú wǽre eádig forðon ðú hæfdest á ðás tíd beforan ðínum eágum a certain holy bishop, when he was expiring, said of this father: 'Arsenius, blessed wert thou, for ever hadst thou this hour (the hour of death) before thine eyes.' Shrn. 106, 26. sawlung
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚪᚹᛚᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
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