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Horsc-lic, horx-lic

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1 horsc-lic, horx-lic

adj. Foul:--Horxlic fedus, An. Ox. 2, 499. Horxlices squalentis, i. sordentis (eremi), 2430. Heora heortan horxlice wyrmas (cf. Dante's 'fastidiosi vermi') ceorfað, Dóm. L. 167. Horslice wítehúsa squalentium ergastulorum, An. Ox. 4752. Horslice fýlþu putidos squalores, 1789. foul. horsc-lic,horx-lic
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Runic Inscription

ᚻᚩᚱᛋᚳ-ᛚᛁᚳ, ᚻᚩᚱᚳᛋ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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