Sceadd

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sceadd

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 sceadd

a shad :-- Ic geann Ælfhelme and Wulfáge ðæra landa betwux Ribbel and Mærse and on Wirhalum . . . on ðæt gerád ðonne sceaddgenge sý ðæt heora ǽgðer sylle .iii. þúsend sceadda intó ðære stówe æt Byrtúne I grant to Ælfhelm and Wulfeah the lands between the Ribble and the Mersey, and in Wirral . . . on the condition that, when shad are in season, each of them give .iii. thousand shad to the convent at Burton, Chart. Th. 544, 21-31. sceadd

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ᛋᚳᛠᛞᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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