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Old English Dictionary Entry

Winter-setl

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1 winter-setl

n. A place to stop in for the winter, winter-quarters:--Se consul wénde ðæt hé búton sorge mehte on ðæm wintersetle gewunian ðe hé ðá on wæs, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 188, 5. Hié ðǽr sceoldon wintersetl habban, 4, 10; Swt. 200, 11. Hié wintersetl (-setle, ) námon on Eást-Englum, Chr. 866; Th. i. 130, cols. l, 2, 3: 868; Th. i. 132, cols. l, 2, 3: 886; Th. i. 156, col. 1. Wintersetle, 1009; Th. i. 263, col. 1. winter-setl
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᚾᛏᛖᚱ-ᛋᛖᛏᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

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Works & Authors

Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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