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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wlíte (-u). I

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1 wlíte (-u). I

add :-- Wlite machina (colorum, ex quibus ornatur praesentis machina mundi, Ald. 273, 6), An. Ox, 23, 58. Hé sǽde him hwilc heora wlitu wæs, and hú hí wǽron gescrýdde, Hml. S. 31, 705. II. add :-- Tó bóte cyrican wlites adornamentum eclesie, Chrd, 82, 12. Lustfulliende þǽre stówe swétnesse and wlite delectatus suauitate ac decore loci illius, Bd. 5, 12 ; Sch. 629, 12.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛚᛁᛏᛖ (-ᚢ). ᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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