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Trum-líc

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1 trum-líc

adj. I. firm, strong, stable, (a) of material things, lit. or fig. :-- Tǽceþ ús se torhta trumlícne hám, burhweallas beorhte scínaþ, Cd. Th. 282, 30; Sat. 294. Ða geseah ic gyldenne wíngeard trumlícne and fæstlícne vineam solidam auro miratus sum, Nar. 4, 28. Columnan swíde trumlice and fæste colmnnae solidae, 4, 21. (b) of non-material things :-- Seó ealde gesetness ys eall swá trumlíc, swá swá se Hǽlend sǽde on his hálgan godspelle, Jud. 15; Thw. 159, 29. Kyne-wyrðe rǽd and trumlíc, Anglia viii. 308, 33. Ðæt óðer líf ðætte fæstre beón scolde and trumlícre (stabilior]. Past. 52 ; Swt. 411, 1. II. hortatory, of exhortation :-- Hé ðam cyninge sende trumlíc ǽrendgewrit. Bd. 2, 17; S. 520, 19 note.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚱᚢᛗ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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