Ceorl-boren

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ceorl-boren

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ceorl-boren

part. Country or free-born, common, low-born, opposed to þegen-boren noble-born :-- Ne þearf he hine gyldan má, sý he þegen-boren, sý he ceorl-boren he need not pay more for him, be he born a thane, be he born a churl, L. O. D. 5; Th. i. 354, 20. ceorl-boren

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛇᚱᛚ-ᛒᚩᚱᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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