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Old English Dictionary Entry

Self-cwala

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m. A suicide :-- Wé sceolan witan ꝥ nán sylfcwala, ꝥ is ágenslaga, ne becymð tó Godes ríce, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 14. Sylfcwalan and hǽðene men ne ðurfon tó þám dóme; ac hié bióð sóna fordémede, Verc. Först. 172. Sylfcwalan biothanatas, An. Ox. 7, 181. self-cwala
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Runic Inscription

ᛋᛖᛚᚠ-ᚳᚹᚪᛚᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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