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Un-wéned

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1 un-wéned

adj. Unhoped for, unexpected :-- Ic him eft his ríce ágeaf, and ðá ðære unwéndan áre ðæs ríces (ðe hé him seolfa nǽniges ríces ne wénde) ðæt hé ðá mé eall his goldhord æteówde regna Poro restitui, qui, ut ei insperatus honor donatus est, mihi thesauros suos manifestavit, Nar. 19, 23. On unwénedum forþsíþe hé beóð gegripene inprouiso exitu rapiuntur, Scint. 181, 12.
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ᚢᚾ-ᚹᛖᚾᛖᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc