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Under-standan. III

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1 under-standan. III

add :-- Ic geanbidode swíþe wet oþ ic wiste hwæt þú woldest, and hú þú hit understandan woldest; and eác þý furþor ic tiolode geornfullíce ꝥ ðú hit forstandan mihtest I waited till I knew what you would, and in what way you would conceive of it; and besides I strove diligently that you might understand it, Bt. 22, i ; F. 76, 26. under-standan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾᛞᛖᚱ-ᛋᛏᚪᚾᛞᚪᚾ. ᛁᛁᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
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