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Old English Dictionary Entry

Up-wæstm

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1 up-wæstm

growth upwards, stature :-- Se cyningc hét bringan ísenne scamol; se wæs emnheáh ðæs mannes upwæstme; ðæt wæs twelf fæðma lang jussit rex fieri scamnum ferreum secundum statum ejus. Artifices tulerunt mensuram ejus quae erat cubitorum duodecim, Anglia xvii. 113, 9. [Cf. Icel. up-vöxtr growth, tallness.] up-wæstm
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛈ-ᚹᚫᛋᛏᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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