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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wíc-stede

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1 wíc-stede

m. A dwelling-place, habitation :-- Þúhte him eall tó rúm, wongas and wícstede, Beo. Th. 4915; B. 2462. Hé gemunde ðá áre, wícstede weligne, 5207; B. 2607. Hí his wícstede wéstan locum ejusdesolaverunt, Ps. Th. 78, 7. Ic éþelstðl hæleþa hrére, hornsalu wagiaþ, wera wícstede, weallas beofiaþ. Exon. Th. 383, 11; Rä. 4, 9. wic-stede
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᚳ-ᛋᛏᛖᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Beo.
Beowulf
Exon.
Exeter Book
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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