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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wīg-þracu

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1 wīg-þracu

gen. -þræce ; f. Violence of war, warfare :-- Hwǣr dæt hālige treó beheled wurde æfter wīgþrace (the violent death of the crucifixion], Elen. Kmbl. 859; El. 430. Wé da wīggþræce (the Trojan war) on gewritu setton, 1312 ; El. 658. wig-þracu
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᚷ-ᚦᚱᚪᚳᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
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