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Twiccian

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p. ode To twitch, pluck :-- Twiccaþ villicat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 14. Sume (ants) hió twiccedan da grasu mid heora mūde, Shrn. 41, 2. Teóh him da loccas, wringe da eáran and done wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13. Twiccian carpere, arripere. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 69. [TwykkyUNCERTAIN, twychyn tractulo, Prompt. ParIn Mid. E. the past is twighte. Cf. O. H. Ger. zwecchōn carpere: M. H. Ger. Ger. zwicken.] twiccian
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚹᛁᚳᚳᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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