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Twi-wyrdig

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adj. Making contradictory or discordant statements, atvariance in what is said :-- Hié swá twywyrdige sindon they disagree in what they say (ille promisit futura meliora, isti asserunt meliora praeterita), Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 86, 8. Hé com tó Róme and diégellíce geceápede ðæt hié ealle wǽron ymb hiene twywyrdige cum Romam ipse venisset, omnibus pecunia corruptis seditiones dissensionesque permiscuit, 5, 7; Swt. 228, 18. [Cf. Icel. tví-mæli a dispute, a discordant report, one saying this, another that.] twi-wyrdig
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚹᛁ-ᚹᚣᚱᛞᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icelandic

Works & Authors

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