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Old English Dictionary Entry

Swinc-leás

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1 swinc-leás

adj. Without labour or toil :-- On ð æm écan lífe wé bútan geswince God heriaþ. Wé sceolon on andwerdum lífe hine herian, ðæt wé móton becuman tó ðære swincleásan herunge, Homl. Th. ii. 364, 9. swinc-leas
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚹᛁᚾᚳ-ᛚᛖᚪᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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