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Old English Dictionary Entry

Swipor

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adj. Astute, cunning:--Reáfaþ se snáw swíðor mycle ðonne se swipra (swíðra, Kmbl., but see Anglia i. 151) níð, Salm. Kmbl. 616; Sal. 307. [Swypyr or delyvyr agilis, swypyr and slydyr labilis, Prompt. ParIcel. svipall shifty.] misprinted ge-swip),-swiporness. swipor
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚹᛁᛈᚩᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Sal.
Psalms of Solomon (OE)
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