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Wápe

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1 wápe

m.); an; f. A cloth, rubber (?cf. wípian) :-- Gif ðú sceát habban wille oððe wápan, ðonne sete ðú díne twá handa ofer ðínum bearme and tóbrǽd hí swilce sceát ástrecce, Techm. ii. 122, 23. [Cf. (?) Icel. veipa a woman's hood.] wape
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ᚹᚪᛈᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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