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Old English Dictionary Entry

þegen-lagu

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1 þegen-lagu

f. Thane-law, the legal rights and privileges which attached to the rank of thane :-- Se (the priest) ðe ðæs (concubinage) geswícan wille and clǽnnesse healdan, hæbbe hé Godes miltse, and tó woruldwurðscipe sí hé þegenlage wyrðe as regards worldly dignity let him rank as a thane, L. C. E. 6; Th. i. 364, 16: Wulfst. 270, 32.
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Runic Inscription

ᚦᛖᚷᛖᚾ-ᛚᚪᚷᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

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C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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