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Seld-cúþ

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1 seld-cúþ

Add: I. strange :-- Uppon Sce Michaeles mæssan ætýwde án selcúð steorra on ǽfen scýnende and sóna tó setle gangende, Chr. 1097; P. 233, 27. II. various, different, not of one kind :-- Hé forgeaf ǽlcum ðǽra wyrhtena seltcúð gereord, and heora nán ne cúðe óðres sprǽce tócnáwan (cf. confundamus linguam eorum, Gen. 11, 7), Hml. Th. i. 318, 19. Selcúþe reáf varias uestes, Coll. M. 27, 9. Hé geswác ðæs dihtes ðæs deóplican cræftes, swá dæt hé selcúðe (different from those already created) syððan scyppan nolde, ac ðá ylcan geedníwian, Hex. 20, 15. Ðá reahte hé mislicu and selcúð þing (multa ac varia), Solil. H. 3, 2. [N. E. D. selcouth.] seld-cuþ
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛖᛚᛞ-ᚳᚢᚦ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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