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Writ

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n. I. a writing :-- Ðæs ðe ús leorneras wordum secgaþ, and writu cýþaþ, Exon. Th. 227, 19; Ph. 425. II. writ (as in holy writ), scripture :-- Cwoeð ðió writ dicií scriptura, Rtl. 79, 11. Ne writ ðiús (scripturam hanc) leornada gié, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 10. Æfter ðon ðe hálige writu sprecaþ, Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 28. Wrioto wítgana scrip-turae prophetarum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 56. Wriotto, 26, 54. Writto, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 49. Writta scripturarum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 1, 1. Wriottana, Jn. Skt. p. 2, 4. Ða wrioto scribturas. Lk. Skt. Lind. 24, 45. [Þe king nom þat writ on hond, Laym. 484. Ase holi writ seið, A. R. 98, 7: Misc. 36, 3.Þatt broþerr þatt tiss Ennglissh writt wrat, Orm. dedic. 331, Þis writ shal henge bi him, Havel. 2486 : Gen. and Ex. 1974. Icel. rit.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icel.
Icelandic

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Jn.
Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Mk.
Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Orm.
Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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