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Un-leóf

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adj. Not dear, not beloved, odious, hateful :-- Sodomware, Gode unleófe, Cd. Th. 148, 6; Gen. 2452. Gigantmæcgas, Gode unleófe, Metode láðe, 77, 1; Gen. 1268. Wigláf seah on unleófe (the followers who had failed Beowulf in his need), Beo. Th. 5719; B. 2863. [Al þat is on unlef and unqueme, hit is þat oðer iqueme, O. E. Homl. ii. 189, 25. Goth. un-liubs not beloved: O. H. Ger. un-liup insuavis, non optatus.] un-leof
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᛚᛖᚩᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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German
Goth.
Gothic
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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