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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wamm-wlite

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1 wamm-wlite

m. A wound on the face :-- Swá hwylc man swá óðrum womwlite on gewyrce, forgylde him ðone womwlite, and his weorc wyrce óð ðæt seó wund hál sig quicunque homo alio vulnus in faciem in-flixerit, emendet ei vulnus, et opus ejus operetur, donec vulnus sanetur, L. Ecg. C. 22 ; Th. ii. 148, 18.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚪᛗᛗ-ᚹᛚᛁᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

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C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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