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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wīg-rād

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1 wīg-rād

?), e; f. A war-road, road along which an army passes :-- Gewāt him Abraham on da wīgrōde (-rāde ? -trode ? Abraham betook himself to the way where the foe had gone and saw the track of their retreat, Cd. Th. 125, 24; Gen. 2084. wig-rad
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᚷ-ᚱᚪᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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