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Old English Dictionary Entry

Weorod. I

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1 weorod. I

add :-- Se eádmóda heáp geearnode æt Gode þæt iú ǽr þæt módige werod forleás the humble company (the apostles at Pentecost) obtained by their merit from God what long before the proud host (the people at the tower of Babel) lost, Hml. Th. i. 318, 14. III l. add :-- Án út ásceát of Latina weorode, and ánwíges bæd, Ors. 3, 6 ; S. 108, 10.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛇᚱᚩᛞ. ᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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