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Fyrn-gesceap

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1 fyrn-gesceap

n. A decree of old; ōlim constĭtūtum :-- Ne wát ǽnig hú ða wísan sind wundorlíce, fæger fyrngesceap, ymb ðæs fugles gebyrd not any knows how the conditions are wondrous, the fair decree of old, concerning the bird's birth, Exon. 61 a; Th. 223, 15; Ph. 360. fyrn-gesceap
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚣᚱᚾ-ᚷᛖᛋᚳᛠᛈ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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