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Old English Dictionary Entry

Tó-meldan

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1 tó-meldan

to destroy peace by talebearing, by spreading reports :-- Ðǽr is helle grund ðam ðe sibbe ful oft tómældeþ mid his múþe (cf. Dante's Inferno, Canto 28, which describes the punishment of the sowers of scandal and schism), Exon. Th. 446, 22; Dóm. 26. to-meldan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩ-ᛗᛖᛚᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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