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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ymb-bígness

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1 ymb-bígness

e; f. A bending round, a bend of a river :-- Ðæt mynster is of ðam mǽstan dǽle mid ymbbígnesse (ymbbegange [ymbegang?], ymbebégnesse, M. 424, 10) Tweode streámes betýned monasterium Tuidi fluminis circumflexu maxima ex parte claudilur, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 25. ymb-bigness
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚣᛗᛒ-ᛒᛁᚷᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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