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Mearu-lic

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1 mearu-lic

adj. Soft, easy, luxurious :-- Þá onféng heó þis bebod æt Sancta Marian, ꝥ heó náht ofer ꝥ ne dyde leóhtlices ne mægdenlicre wísan oððe merwelicre, ac ꝥ heó forhæfde hí sylfe fram unnyttum hleahtre and plegan mandatum accepit, ut nihil ultra leve el puellare ageret, et a risu et jocis abstineret, Gr. D. 287, 20. mearu-lic
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛠᚱᚢ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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