West-sceáta

Old English Dictionary Entry

West-sceáta

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 west-sceáta

m. A western angle or promontory :-- Sicilia is ðryscýte. . . ðone westsceátan man hǽt Libéum Sicilia tria habet promontoria . . . tertium, quod adpellatur Lilybaeum, dirigitur in occasum, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 5. west-sceata

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛖᛋᛏ-ᛋᚳᛖᚪᛏᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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