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Wed-bryce

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1 wed-bryce

m. Breach of a pledge or engagement :-- Gif hé ðæs weddie, ðe hym riht sý tó gelǽstanne, and ðæt áleóge . . . béte ðone wedbryce swá him his scrift scrífe, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 6-21. Eác syndan wide þurh áðbrycas and ðurh wedbrycas and ðurh mistlíce leásunga forloren and forlogen má ðonne scolde, Wulfst. 164, 7. Wed-bricas, 130, 6. [Cf. With wedbrek cum adulteris, Ps. 49, 18.] wed-bryce
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛖᛞ-ᛒᚱᚣᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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