Scearp-numol

Old English Dictionary Entry

Scearp-numol

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 scearp-numol

adj. Efficacious:--Ðeós wyrt ys swýðe scearpnumul (-el, MS. B.) níwe wunda and wíde tó gehǽlenne, swá ðæt ða wunda hrædlíce tógædere gáþ, Lchdm. i. 134, 10. Ðeós wyrt is swíðe scearpnumul wið ðæt áttor, 152, 3. Swá se lǽcedóm yldra byþ, swá hé scearpnumulra and hálwendra byþ, 242, 5. scearp-numol

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᛠᚱᛈ-ᚾᚢᛗᚩᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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