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Old English Dictionary Entry

Swiftlere

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1 swiftlere

m. A slipper, shoe:--Swiftlere suptularis (suptalaris), swiftlæras suptalares, Ælfc. Gl. Zup. 314, 15. Swyftleras subtalares, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 31. Swifteleares, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 19. [Cf. O. H. Ger. suftelara talaria, which Graff derives from Latin subtalaris. The English and German words seem to have the same origin.] swiftlere
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚹᛁᚠᛏᛚᛖᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.
German
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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