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Wil-síþ

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1 wil-síþ

m. A desired journey, a wished for, welcome journey :-- Eádga ús siges, wlitigan wilsíþes, Exon. Th. 2, 18; Cri. 21. Ðæs sǽs smyltnys eów blíþe on eówerne willsíþ hám forlǽteþ serenitas maris vos cupito itinere domum remittet, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 36. Gewát Matheus menigo lǽdan on gehyld Godes, weorod on wilsíð (he was leading them out of prison), Andr. Kmbl. 2093 ; An. 1048. Elene ne wolde ðæs síð-fætes sǽne weorðan, . . . ac wæs sóna gearu wíf on wilsíð, Elen. Kmbl. 445; El. 223. Sunnan wilsíð, Exon. Th. 2, 29; Cri. 26. wil-siþ
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᛚ-ᛋᛁᚦ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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