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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wróht-dropa

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1 wróht-dropa

m, A drop which brings strife (IV) or crime (III) :-- Wearð fǽliþo fyra cynne, siþþan swealg eorðe Abeles blóde, . . . of ðam wróhtdropan wíde gesprungon, micel mán (mon, MS. ) ældum, monegum þeódum bealoblonden niþ, Exon. Th. 345, 26 ; Gn. Ex. 196. wroht-dropa
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚱᚩᚻᛏ-ᛞᚱᚩᛈᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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