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Sice

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m. A sigh, groan; gemitus :-- Ic mé on Godes helde bebeode wiðð ðane sára[n] sice, wið ðane sára[n] slege, wið ðane grymma[n] gryre an wiþ eal ðæt láð ðe intó land fare, Lchdm. i. 388, 12. [He weorp a sic a with þat sare were iwundet, Jul. 21, 12. He ne fecheð noht þe sore siches on neðerward his heorte, O. E. Homl. Ii. 83, 26. Mid seoruhfule sikes, A. R. 284, 3. Ðor sat his moder in sik and sor, Gen. and Ex. 1239. With a sik she seyde, Tr. and Cr. 3, 207. Amang his sobbes and his sikes sore, 4, 50.] sice
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Jul.
Juliana (OE poem by Cynewulf)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
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