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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wer-beám

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1 wer-beám

m. A strong man, warrior :-- Ðá slóh mid hálige hand heofonríces weard werbeámas (the Egyptians in the Red Sea), wlance ðeóde, Cod. Th. 208, 20; Exod. 486. Cf. the epithets derived from words denoting trees which are applied to men in Icelandic poetry.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛖᚱ-ᛒᛖᚪᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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