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Tyhtend-líc

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adj. That serves far exhortation, encouragement, etc. (hortative :-- Wé wyllaþ sume tihtendlíce sprǽce wið eów habban, Homl. Th. ii. 574, 20. Sume adverbia syndon ortativa, ðæt synd tihtendlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 227, 16. Hé mid tihtendlícum wordum heora gewǽhtan mód getrymde and gefréfrode, Homl. i. 562, 1. tyhtend-lic
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚣᚻᛏᛖᚾᛞ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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