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Un-treówfæst

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adj. Unfaithful, untrustworthy :-- Untrýwfæst flecti facilis, Germ. 401, 27. Hí cwǽdon tó ðam Hǽlende: 'Wé wyton ðæt ðú of forlygere wǽre ácenned; and óðer ys, ðæt ðýn cynn ys on Bethleem swýþe untreówfæst; and þrydde ðæt ðýn fæder and ðýn módor flugon of Egiptan lande for ðam ðe hig nefdon nánne trúwan tó nánum folce;' Nicod. 6; Thw. 3, 22. un-treowfæst
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᛏᚱᛖᚩᚹᚠᚫᛋᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc