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Hreód-bedd

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1 hreód-bedd

n. A reed-bed :-- Ðá wæs ðǽr on middan ðam mere sum hreódbed there was in the middle of the mere a reed-bed, Guthl. 9; Gdwin. 50, 15. Heó ásette hyne on ánum hreódbedde be ðæs flódes ófre exposuit eum in carecto ripæ fluminis, Ex. 2, 3. Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on dícon and on hreódbeddon this plant [lion-foot] is produced in dikes and reed-beds, Herb. 8, 1; Lchdm. i. 98, 13. hreod-bedd
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Runic Inscription

ᚻᚱᛖᚩᛞ-ᛒᛖᛞᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc