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Hlāfording

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m. I. a prince, sovereign :-- Nis nā mā hlāfordinga on worulde þonne twēgen, God Ælmihtig and deófol, Wlfst. 298, 7. II. a prince, noble, lord spiritual or temporal :-- Hit wes gesitolad þām hlāfordingan þā þǣron wēron, þæt wes Adelwold bisceof and Ælfstān bisceop and Æþelgār abbod and Ælfrīc cild . . . and swīdæ manega ōdra degenas, C. D. B. iii. 547, 9. [N. E. D. lording.] hlafording
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛚᚪᚠᚩᚱᛞᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Wlfst.
Wulfstan
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