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Old English Dictionary Entry

á-wídlian

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1 á-wídlian

p. ode. I. of physical impurity, to contaminate, defile, pollute:--Sé ðe áwiht þicge þæs ðe hund áwídlige (inquinaverit), Ll. Th. ii. 216, 10. Be áwídledum swýnum de inquinatis porcis, 130, 31. II. of moral impurity, to profane, pollute:--Áwítliende profanando (pudicitiae jura), An. Ox. 2743. Tunge mín mid ǽlcere leásunge ys áwídlud (profanata), Angl. xi. 117, 41.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚹᛁᛞᛚᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Ll.
Laws of the Anglo-Saxons
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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