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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wópig

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1 wópig

adj. Mournful, doleful, (l) of persons expressing grief :-- Ðæt ic wópig sceal teárum mǽnan, Exon. Th. 285, 9; Jul. 711. (2) of things which are the expression of grief :-- Hé hine on ða eorþan ástrehte, mid wópegum teárum hlúde clypigende. Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 601. wopig
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚩᛈᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Jul.
Juliana (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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