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Teoh[h]

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1 teoh[h]

f.; but also m. or n. An association, a company, band :-- Besæt hé ðá sinherge sweorda láfe weán oft gehét earmre teohhe with a mighty host he besieged then those whom the sword had spared, to the wretched band woe he oft promised, Beo. Th. 5868; B. 2938. Óððæt ic ðínes earmes ásecge strencðe ðisse cneórisse eallum ðam teohhe ðe nú tóweard ys donec annuntiem brachium tuum generationi omni, quae ventura est, Ps. Th. 70, 17. Ðá hié gemitton teoche æt torre (the people who were building the tower of Babel), Cd. Th. 101, 26; Gen. 1688. Hét tuddorteóndra teohha gehwylcre wæstmas fédan he bade each productive race bring forth fruits, 59, 6; Gen. 959. [M. H. Ger. zeche; f. succession, association, company: Ger. zeche.]
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ᛏᛇᚻ[ᚻ]

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Beo.
Beowulf
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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