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Old English Dictionary Entry

Self-ǽta

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1 self-ǽta

m. An eater of those belonging to its own species, (applied to man) a cannibal, anthropophagus:-- Ðú scealt féran . . . ðǽr sylfǽtan eard weardigaþ . . . swá is ðære menigo þeáw, ðæt hié uncúðra ængum ne willaþ feores geunnan, Andr. Kmbl. 350; An. 175. self-æta
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛖᛚᚠ-ǽᛏᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
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