Assan dún

Old English Dictionary Entry

Assan dún

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 Assan dún

f. [assan, dún a hill: 'Assendun S. Hovd. i. e. vertente Florent. mons asini,' Gib.] Assingdon or Ashingdon, in Essex :-- Se cyning offérde hi innon Eást-Seaxan, æt ðære dúne ðe man hǽt Assandún the king overtook them in Essex, at the hill which is called Assingdon, Chr. 1016; Th. 282, 19, col. 2: 1020; Th. 286, 16, 19, col. 1. assan dun

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ᚪᛋᛋᚪᚾ ᛞᚢᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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