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Old English Dictionary Entry

Seld-síne

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1 seld-síne

adj. Seldom seen, uncommon, unfamiliar :--Cirus geáhsade ðæt ðæm folce seldsiéne and uncúðe wǽron wínes dryncas. Ors. 2, 4 ; Swt. 76, 12. Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc biþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27. [Hit is seltsene on eorðe, H. M. 27, 22. Our speche schal beon seldcene, A. R. 8o, 19. Icel. sjald-sénn.] seld-sine
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛖᛚᛞ-ᛋᛁᚾᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icel.
Icelandic

Works & Authors

Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
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