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Old English Dictionary Entry

Weorold-snotor

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1 weorold-snotor

adj. Wise in earthly matters:-- Ægelwíg se woruldsnotra abbod on Eofeshamme, Chr. 1078; Erl. 215, 29. Woroldsnottre men (naturalists) secgaþ. ðæt ða ficsas sýn on sǽ hundteóntiges cynna and ðreó and fíftiges, Shrn. 65, 31. Weoroldsnottrum gymnosophistis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 52. Ne weorþeþ on worulde ǽnig worldsnotera (woruld-, there shall be none in the world that has more worldly cunning than he (Antichrist) has, Wulfst. 54, 21. weorold-snotor
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛇᚱᚩᛚᛞ-ᛋᚾᚩᛏᚩᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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