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Tama

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m. Tameness :-- Ne þearf beorna nán wénan ðære wyrde, ðæt hió (the lioness) wel hire taman healde; ac ic tiohhie, ðæt hió ðæs níwan taman náuht ne gehicgge, ac ðone wildan gewunan wille geþencan hire eldrena, Met. 13, 23-28. Gif heó blódes onbirigþ, heó forgit sóna hire níwan taman, and gemonþ ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 12. tama
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚪᛗᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
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