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Old English Dictionary Entry

Weax-georn

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1 weax-georn

adj. Eager to grow (?), eating much with the desire of growing (?) :-- Swíþe waxgeorn eart ðú (the boy) ðonne ðú ealle þingc etst ðe ðé tóforan gesette synd valde edax es, cum omnia manducas quae tibi apponuntur, Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 31. weax-georn
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛠᚳᛋ-ᚷᛇᚱᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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