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Old English Dictionary Entry

Scúr-heard

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1 scúr-heard

adj. Made hard by blows (I b; and cf. heoru hamere geþuren, Beo. Th. 2575; B. 1285):--Sweordes ecg, scerp and scúrheard, Andr. Kmbl. 2267; An. 1135. Ðæt him féla láf (the sword) ne meahte scúrheard sceþþan, Beo. Th. 2070; B. 1033. scur-heard
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᚢᚱ-ᚻᛠᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Beo.
Beowulf
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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