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Old English Dictionary Entry

Sweord-hwíta

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1 sweord-hwíta

m. One who polishes a sword:?-Gif sweordhwíta óðres mannes wǽpn tó feormunge onfó (cf. Si quelibet arma politori vel emundatori commissa sunt, L. H. I. 87, 3; Th. i. 593, 15), L. Alf. pol. 19; Th. i. 74, 8. Ic geann mínon swurdhwítan ðæs sceardan málswurdes, Chart. Th. 561, 22. sweord-hwita
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚹᛇᚱᛞ-ᚻᚹᛁᛏᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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