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Old English Dictionary Entry

Stefn-byrd

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1 stefn-byrd

f. Regulation, direction :-- Sceoldon eal beran stíþe stefnbyrd swá him se steóra bibeád missenlíce gemetu all creatures had to submit to firm direction, as the guide ordered them, various modes, Exon. Th. 349, 12; Sch. 45. to regulate. stefn-byrd
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᛖᚠᚾ-ᛒᚣᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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