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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wer-tihtle

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1 wer-tihtle

f. An accusation where the crime of which a person is accused involves the payment of the wer; the crime itself:--Be wertyhtlan. Gif mon sié wertyhtlan betogen . . . bíde mon mid ðære wíterǽdenne óþ ðæt se wer gegolden sié, L. In. 71; Th. i. 148, 1-4. wer-tihtle
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛖᚱ-ᛏᛁᚻᛏᛚᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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