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Old English Dictionary Entry

Tóweardness

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1 tóweardness

f. I. the time to come, the future :-- Ðæt hé on tóweardnesse (in futuro saeculo) écelíce mid Criste rícsian móste, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 22. Swá ðú on ðisum andweardum lífe má earfoða drígast, swá myccle ðú eft on tóweardnysse geféhst. Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 32, 13. II. a future coming :-- Úre Drihten ðæt gefylde, ðæt hé þurh his ða hálgan tóweardnesse gehét, Blickl. Homl. 119, 28. toweardness
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩᚹᛠᚱᛞᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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