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Old English Dictionary Entry

Stán-weall

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1 stán-weall

m. A wall of stone :-- Stánweal[les] maceriae, muri, Hpt. Gl. 409, 77. Stánwealle (-walle, Ps. Surt.) maceriae, Ps. Spl. T. 61, 3. Ða hwíle ðe mon worhte ða burg mid stánwealle, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 27. Ðæt wæter (of the Red Sea) him stód swilce stánweallas bufan heora heáfdum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 27: Homl. Ass. 105, 104. Stánweallas tófeóllan, Shrn. 67, 19. stan-weall
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᚪᚾ-ᚹᛠᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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