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Old English Dictionary Entry

Sunnan-ǽfen

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1 Sunnan-ǽfen

m. The evening before Sunday:?-On Sunnan-ǽfen dominica uespera, Anglia xiii. 396, 447. Gif esne ofer dryhtnes hǽse wyrce an Sunnan-ǽfen efter hire setlgange óð Mónan-ǽfenes setlgang, L. Wih. 9; Th. i. 38, 19. Hí lǽddon hine tó hiora hústinge on ðone Sunnan-ǽfen, Chr. 1012; Erl. 146, 34. [Giester sunneue, Chart. Th. 437, 18.] [O. H. Ger. sunnún áband vesper sabbati: Ger. Sonnabend.] sunnan-æfen
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚢᚾᚾᚪᚾ-ǽᚠᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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