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Old English Dictionary Entry

Weax-berende

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1 weax-berende

bearing a wax candle; the word (in the form uæx biorende) glosses cerarius in the passage: Accoluthus grece, cerarius ad recitandum evangelium (cf. Acolitus is gecweden se ðe candele oððe tapor byreþ þonne mann godspell rǽt, Ælfc. C. 14; Th. ii. 348, 4), Rtl. 195, 16. weax-berende
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛠᚳᛋ-ᛒᛖᚱᛖᚾᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

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