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Wealg

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1 wealg

adj. Nauseous (? Halliwell gives wallow = flat, insipid; wallowish = nauseous):--Se wearma welð on gódum cræftum, ðý læs hé sié wealg for wlæcnesse, and for ðæm weorðe út áspiwen (ne evomatur tepidus), Past. 58; Swt. 447, 18. [Þi muð is bitter and walh al þat tu cheowest, and hwit mete se þi mahe hokerliche undorfeð, þat is wið unlust, warpeð hit eft ut, H. M. 35, 30. Walhwe swete supra in bytter swete, Prompt. ParIcel. válgr, volgr warm, lukewarm.] wealg,-wealg
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Runic Inscription

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ᚹᛠᛚᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
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