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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wealh-geféra

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1 Wealh-geféra

m. A count of the Welsh Marches(?), the commander of the Wealh-færeld(?):--Ðý ilcan gére forðférde Wulfríc cynges horsðegn; se wæs eác Wealhgeféra (other MSS. have -geréfa. Kemble, taking the latter reading, says: 'I am disposed to believe that he was a royal reeve to whose care Alfred's Welsh serfs were committed, and who exercised a superintendence over them in some one or all of the royal domains,' Saxons in England, ii. 179. See the first passage under Wealh-cyn), Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 17, and note. wealh-gefera
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛠᛚᚻ-ᚷᛖᚠᛖᚱᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
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