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Old English Dictionary Entry

Swegel-torht

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1 swegel-torht

adj. Heaven-bright :-- Swegeltorht sunne, Met. 29, 24. Beorht gewát sunne swegeltorht tó sete glídan, Andr. Kmbl. 2497; An. 1250. Tunglu swegltorht, Exon. Th 335, 31; Gn. Ex. 41. Wuldorfæstan wíc, síd and swegltorht, Cd. Th. 2, 32; Gen. 28. Swegel-torhtan seld, 6, 27; Gen. 95. Cf. heofon-torht. swegel-torht
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚹᛖᚷᛖᛚ-ᛏᚩᚱᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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