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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ymb-haga

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1 ymb-haga

m. An enclosure where bees are kept :--Wrít ðysne circul on ánum mealanstáne (mealm- ?), and sleah ǽnne stacan onmiddan dam ymbhagan, and lege ðone stán onuppan ðám stacan (the words on the stone are : Contra apes ut salui sint. There are other charms connected with bees on pp. 384, 397), Lchdm. i. 395, 5. a swarm of bees. ymb-haga
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚣᛗᛒ-ᚻᚪᚷᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc