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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wáwan

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1 wáwan

p. weów; pp. wáwen To blow, be moved by the wind :-- Hnescre ic eom micle halsrefeþre, seó hér on winde wǽweþ on lyfte, Exon. Th. 426, 30; Rä. 41, 81. [Mine lokes. . . me wes lef to showen, þe wind hem wolde towowen, Anglia iii. 279, 89. Goth. waian to blow (of the wind): O. H. Ger. wájan (waen) ventilare, spirare.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚪᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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German
Goth.
Gothic
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

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