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Twi-fyrclede

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1 twi-fyrclede

adj. Having two prongs, forked :-- Twyferclede bifidus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 288, 10 note. [Cf. Wæs gesæwen swilce se beám (the tail of a comet) ongeánweardes wið ðes steorran ward fyrcliende wǽre as if the tail were dividing in two, getting forked (?), Chr. 1106; Erl. 240, 34. Lat. furculus a fork with two or three prongs.] twi-fyrclede
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Runic Inscription

ᛏᚹᛁ-ᚠᚣᚱᚳᛚᛖᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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