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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wíte-bend

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1 wíte-bend

a torturing bond, a prison-bond :-- Ðé wǽrlogan wítebendum swencan móton, Andr. Kmbl. 216; An. 108. Wé ellþeódigne on carcerne clommum belegdon, wítebendum, 3120; An. 1563. wite-bend
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᛏᛖ-ᛒᛖᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
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