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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wīg-plega

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1 wīg-plega

m. The game of war, battle :-- Hē ne wandode nā æt dam wīgplegan, Byrht. Th. 139, 43; By. 268 : 141, 2 ; By. 316. Hē sumum dǣleþ gūþe blǣd, gewealdenne wīgplegan, Exon. Th. 331, 16 ; Vy. 69. wig-plega
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᚷ-ᛈᛚᛖᚷᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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