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Old English Dictionary Entry

Swearte

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ad :-- Sió gítsung swearte swǽfeþ onlíce ðam munte ðe monna bearn Etne hátaþ, Met. 8, 47 ((miserably) þingaþ and ða atolan mid him wítum wérige, 292, 28 ; Sat. 447. Him ðæt swearte forgeald (made grievous compensation) Iudas innon helle, 301, 8; Sat. 578. swearte
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚹᛠᚱᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
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