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Old English Dictionary Entry

Sweðung

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1 sweðung

f. A poultice:--Sweþing wiþ swile . . . gecnuwa ða wyrte, gemeng wið ǽges ðæt hwíte, beclǽm ðæt lim mid ðe se swile on sié, Lchdm. ii. 74, 24. Sealfæ and sweþinge wið swylum, 6, 30. Gif hé sweðunga (swoðunga, R. Ben. Interl. 59, 11) gegearwode si exibuit fomenta, R. Ben. 52, 11. [O. H. Ger. swedunga fomentum.] sweþung,sweðung
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Runic Inscription

ᛋᚹᛖᚦᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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