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Wís-dóm. I

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1 wís-dóm. I

add :-- Gyf þu wylle witan mid wísdóme (cf. witan mid fullum geráde, 312, 13) þǽra rihtinga gesceád, Angl. viii. 305, 8. III. add :-- 'Hú magon wé swá dýgle áhicgan . . . hú þé swefhede, oððe wyrda gesceaft wísdóm bude'. . . 'Gé mǽtinge míne ne cunnon þá þe mé wisdóm bereð (the dream thai brings me knowledge), Dan. 130-142. Hé wæs befæsted tó Rómebyrig ꝥ hé sceolde bóccræftas and gewrita wísdómas (wísdóm, leornian Romae liberalibus litterarum studiis traditus fuerat, Gr. B. 95, 14. wis-dom
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ᚹᛁᛋ-ᛞᚩᛗ. ᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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