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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wolcen-faru

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1 wolcen-faru

f. The cloud-host, the moving clouds :-- Dec forstas and snáwas, winterbiter weder and wolcenfaru (cf. wolcna genipu. Exon. Th. 192, 13 ; Az. 105) lofige on lyfte. Cd. Th. 239, 33; Dan. 379. Ic (a storm) wolcnfare wrége, Exon. Th. 386, 33; Rä. 4, 71. wolcen-faru
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚩᛚᚳᛖᚾ-ᚠᚪᚱᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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