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Old English Dictionary Entry

Snotorness

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f. Prudence, wisdom, sagacity:--Prudentia, ðæt ys snoternys, Wulfst. 247, 15: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 157. Hí (the innocents) wǽron gehwǽde and ungewittige ácwealde, ac hí árísaþ on ðam gemǽnelícum dóme mid fullum wæstme and heofenlícere snoternysse, Homl. Th. i. 84, 23. Snotornesse l wísdóm sapientiam, Ps. Lamb. 48, 4. Salomon gesette þreó béc þurh his snoternesse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 36. snotorness
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚾᚩᛏᚩᚱᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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