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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wamb-hord

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1 wamb-hord

m. A womb-hoard, used of the weapons contained in a fortified place :-- Mé (the fortified place) of hrife fleógaþ hylde pílas; hwílum ic sweartum swelgan onginne brúnum beadowǽpnum ; is mín innað til, wombhord wlitig, Exon. Th. 399, 12; Rä. 18, 10. wamb-hord
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚪᛗᛒ-ᚻᚩᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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