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Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-ríce

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1 un-ríce

adj. Not rich or not powerful, poor, humble :-- Ða ðe unríce synd and hafenleáse þearfan pauperiores, R. Ben. 104, 7. Mín geréfa oþþe ǽnig óðer man ríccre oþþe unríccre, L. Edg. S. 13; Th. i. 276, 26. Ic wát ðæt ðú hefst ðone hláford ðe ðú treówast bet ðonne ðé silfum, and swá hefð eác manig ðara ðe unrícran hláford hefð ðonne ðú hefst, Shrn. 196, 11. [Icel. ú-ríkr.] un-rice
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᚱᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

Works & Authors

R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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