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Scip-gild

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1 scip-gild

n. A ship-tax, a tax to supply funds for the maintenance of a fleet:--Swá fela sýðe swá menn gyldaþ heregyld oððe tó scipgylde quotiens populus universus persolvit censum Danis, vel ad naves seu ad arma, Chart. Th. 307, 24. scip-gild
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᛁᛈ-ᚷᛁᛚᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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