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Old English Dictionary Entry

ég-streám

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1 ég-streám

m. A water-stream, a river, the sea; aquæ fluctus, flūmen, măre :-- Hæfde Metod égstreám eft gecyrred the just Creator had averted the stream, Cd. 71; Th. 85, 15; Gen. 1415. Here wícode égstreáme neáh the host encamped near the river, Elen. Kmbl. 132; El. 66: Beo. Th. 1158; B. 577.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛖᚷ-ᛋᛏᚱᛖᚪᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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