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Old English Dictionary Entry

Stán-gella

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1 stán-gella

m. A stone-yeller, a bird whose cry is heard among the rocks (gellan is used of the cry of the hawk, Rä. 25, 3), a pelican :-- Stángella pellicanus, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 20. Gelíc geworden ic eom ðam stángillan (-gyllan, MS. C.: stánegellan, Ps. Surt.) wéstene similis factus sum pellicano solitudinis, Ps. Spl. T. 101, 7. stan-gella
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᚪᚾ-ᚷᛖᛚᛚᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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