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Twifealdness

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1 twifealdness

f. I. doubleness, doubling, I :-- Geedlǣcend twyfealdnys iterata dupplicatio, Anglia viii. 331, 23, II. irresolution, III :-- Of dære leóhtmōdnesse cymþ sió twiefealdnes and sió unbieldo inconstantia ex levitate generatur, Past. 42 ; Swt. 307, 3. III. duplicity, deceitfulness. IV :-- Sió twyfealdness dæs yflan willan malitiosae mentis duplicitas. Fast. 35 ; Swt. 242, 8. Ða de nān sceadu ue gediéstraþ dære twiefaldnesse quos nulla umbra duplicitatis obscurat. Swt. 243, 23. Se iil getācnaþ da twiefealdnesse dæs unclǣnan mōdes de hit symle lytiglīce lādaþ ericii nomine impurae mentis seseque callide defendentis duplicitas designatur, Swt. 241, 8. twifealdness
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚹᛁᚠᛠᛚᛞᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
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