Wan-hafol

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wan-hafol

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 wan-hafol

adj. Needy, destitute :-- Him embe stódon wépende wyde-wan and wanhafele þearfan, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 65. Widewena bigleofa and wanhafolra manna, ii. 25, 765. Gehelp wanhafolum mannum mid ðínum ágenum spédum, i. 21, 363. wan-hafol

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ᚹᚪᚾ-ᚻᚪᚠᚩᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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