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Will-weorþung

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1 will-weorþung

f. Worship paid to springs :-- Wē lǣraþ dæt preósta gehwilc ǣlcne hǣdendōm ādwæsce, and forbeóde wilweordunga (cf. Hǣdenscipe biþ . . . dæt man weordige hǣiene godas, and sunnan oþþe mōnan, fȳr oþþe flōd, wæterwyllas oþþe stānas, L. C. S. 5 ; Th. i. 378, 20. See also will), L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 248, 3. See Gnnm. D. M. c. 20. will-weorþung
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᛚᛚ-ᚹᛇᚱᚦᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
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C.
Corpus Christi College MS
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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