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Old English Dictionary Entry

Súre

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f. Sorrel; rumex acetosa (sour is used to denote this plant):--Súrae salsa, Txts. 98, 974. Súre, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 54: saliunca, ii. 119, 64. Wiþ cancerádle, súre, sealt . . ., Lchdm. ii. 108, 9: 266, 16. Wensealf, cersan, súran, 128, 14. Genim monnes súran, 124, 19. See also geáces súre under geác. [Icel. súra: Dan. syre. Cf. Ger. sauer-ampfer.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚢᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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