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Twifealdlīce

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1 twifealdlīce

ad (I) to twice the amount :-- On dam sixtan dæge hig gaderodon twyfealdlīce -in die sexta collegerunt cibos duplices, Ex. 16, 22: L. Alf. pol. 39; Th. i. 88, 4. Gē gedōþ hyne helle beam twyfealdlīcor donne eów (duplo quam vos), Mt. Kmbl. 23, 15. (2) in two ways :-- Ðis godspel mæg beón twyfealdlīce getrahtnod, ǣrest be Iudēiscum folce . . . , eft siddan be ǣlcum menu, Homl. Th. ii. 428, 5. Se biþ twyfealdlīce deád, se de on gōdnysse unwæstmbǣre biþ, and on yfelnysse wæstmbǣre, 406, 18. twifealdlice
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚹᛁᚠᛠᛚᛞᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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