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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wíte-lác

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1 wíte-lác

n. Punishment, torment, pain :-- Wurdon tó axan eorðan wæstma, efne swá wíde swá ða wítelác (the burning and terror at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah) gerǽhton, Cd. Th. 154, 12 ; Gen. 2554. Weras básnedon wíteloccas (wíteláces, Grn.) weán under weallum, 146, 5 ; Gen. 2417. wite-lac
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᛏᛖ-ᛚᚪᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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