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Sigel-hearwa

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1 Sigel-hearwa

m. An Ethiopian :--Se deófol wearþ æteówod swylce ormǽte Sílhearwa, Homl. Th. i. 466, 24. Hé him ætýwde micelne Sigelhearwan, ðæm wæs seó onsýn sweartre ðonne hrúm, Shrn. 120, 24. Twegen blace Sílhearwan, Homl. Th. ii. 496, 17 : Homl. Skt. i. 4, 285. Sigylhearwan (Sielhearwæn, MS. T.) Aethiopes, Ps. Spl. 71, 9. Sigel-hearwena (Sýl-, Ps. Spl.) folc, Ps. Surt. 73, 14 : ii. p. 189, 36. Ethiopia, ðæt is ðæra Sílhearwena ríce. Homl. Th. ii. 472, 13 : i. 454, 12. Ðæra Sílhearwena land terra Aethiopiae, Gen. 2, 13. Síllhearewena (Sílhearwena, MSS. R. P.) land. Lchdm. iii. 258, 18. Ðú sealdest Sigelhearwan (-as, MS.) tó móse dedisti in escam populo Aethiopum, Ps. Th. 73, 14. Cf. Sigel-waras. sigel-hearwa
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ᛋᛁᚷᛖᛚ-ᚻᛠᚱᚹᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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