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Twi-ecge

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1 twi-ecge

adj. Two-edged :-- Twiicce biceps (gladius, Probipenne, Ps. Th. 73, 6. Hæfde hē twiecge handseax habebat sicam bicipitem, Bd. 2, 9; M. 122, 12. Genim dæt micle greáte windelstreáw twyecge, Lchdm. ii. 44, 5. Sweord twiecge gladii ancipites, Ps. Surt. 149, 6. [O. H. Ger. zwi-ekki.] twi-ecge
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚹᛁ-ᛖᚳᚷᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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