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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wól-bryne

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1 wól-bryne

m. Deadly violence :-- Wearð micel wundor on heofonum gesewen, swelce eal se hefon birnende wæs. Ðæt tácen wearð on Rómánum swíþe gesweotolad mid ðæm miclan wólbryne monncwealmes, ðe him raðe ðæs æfter com Romae gravis pestilentia per universam civitatem violenter incanduit, ut merito praecedente prodigio coelum ardere visum sit, quando caput gentium tanto morborum igne flagravit, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 86, 24. wol-bryne
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚩᛚ-ᛒᚱᚣᚾᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
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