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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wítnigend-líc

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1 wítnigend-líc

adj. I. that punishes or torments:--Seó ðwyre sáwul gǽð tó ðam wítnigendlícum fýre, Homl. Th. i. 408, 23. Wítniendlícum fýre, ii. 344, 12, 17: 590, 13. II. that deserves to be punished:--Ne gemétst ðú on mé áht wítniendlíces, Homl. Th. ii. 518, 4. Cf. un-wítniendlíce. witnigend-lic
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ᚹᛁᛏᚾᛁᚷᛖᚾᛞ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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