Med-spédig

Old English Dictionary Entry

Med-spédig

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 med-spédig

adj. Unprosperous, poorly provided :-- Ne biþ ǽnig ðæs earfoþsǽlig mon on moldan, ne ðæs medspédig ðæt hine se árgifa ealles biscyrge módes cræfta no man upon earth is there of such hard fortune or so meanly endowed, that the gracious giver quite cuts him off from powers of mind, Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 3; Crä. 9. med-spedig

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛖᛞ-ᛋᛈᛖᛞᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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