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Weorold-bisegung

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1 weorold-bisegung

f. I. worldly occupation :-- Nys nánum mæssepreóste álýfed, ne diácone, ðæt hí ymbe náne worldbysgunge ábysgode (mundano negotio ullo occupati) beón, L. Ecg. P. iii. 8; Th. ii. 198, 21. II. care of this world, anxiety of this life :-- Ða strongan stormas weoruldbisgunga, Met. 3, 4. weorold-bisegung
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛇᚱᚩᛚᛞ-ᛒᛁᛋᛖᚷᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

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Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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