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Windwian

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p. ode To winnow; ventilare, (1) literal :-- Hé corn ðærsc and windwode, Shrn. 61, 19. (2) figurative :-- Fiónd úre wé windwiaþ inimicos nostros ventilavimus, Ps. Surt. 43, 6. Ic windwade (ventilabam) in mé gást mínne, 76, 7. [God wule windwin þet er wes iþorschen, O. E. Homl. i. 85, 22. Ane wummon windwede hweate, A. R. 272, 20. Drihtin windweð his hweate, Jul. 79, 15. Winndell forr to winndwenn, Orm. 10483. Windewe, winewe, Wick. Jer. 49, 36. Wymvyn UNCERTAIN ventilo, Prompt. Parand cf. preceding word. windwian
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᚾᛞᚹᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Jul.
Juliana (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Orm.
Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
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