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Old English Dictionary Entry

Cwyddian

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1 cwyddian

p. ode; pp. od To speak, say; dicere :-- Ðæt me oferhydige ǽfre ne mótan hearm cwyddian that the proud may never speak evil of me, Ps. Th. 118, 122. Crist hí befran hú men cwyddodon be him Christ asked them how men spake concerning him, Homl. Th. ii. 388, 31.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚹᚣᛞᛞᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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