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Old English Dictionary Entry

Siru

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1 siru

gen. sirwe ; f. An artifice, a snare, wile, crafty device ; as a military term, an ambush :--Gif hwá gewealdes ofsleá his ðone néhstan þurh syrwa (with guile, Exod. 21, 14), L. Alf. 13 ; Th. i. 48, 1, note. Sette syrwa pone insidias, Jos. 8, 2.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛁᚱᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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