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Torn-wyrdan

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1 torn-wyrdan

p. de To address abusive words to, to vituperate:--Hiera wíf him ongeán iernende wǽron, and hié swíþe tornwyrdon, and ácsedon, gif hié feohtan ne dorsten, hwider hié fleón woldon; ðæt hié óðer gener næfden búton hié on heora wíf hrif gewiton (the Latin, however, is: Uxores eorum obviam occurrunt, orant, in praelium revertantur: cunctantibus obscoena corporis ostendunt, quaerentes, num in uteros uxorum vellent refugere), Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 2.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩᚱᚾ-ᚹᚣᚱᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
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