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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wólbǽrness

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1 wólbǽrness

e; f. Pestiferousness, destructivity :-- Ic wolde ðæt ða ongeáten, ðe ða tída úres cristendómes leahtriaþ, hwelc mildsung siþþan wæs, siþþan se cristendóm wæs, and hú monigfeald wólbǽrnes ðære worulde ǽr ðæm wæs (with how many kinds of plagues the world was afflicted before Christianity), Ors. 2, I ; Swt. 62, 34. wolbærness
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚩᛚᛒǽᚱᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

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