Twi-ecgede

Old English Dictionary Entry

Twi-ecgede

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 twi-ecgede

adj. Two-edged :-- Twyecgede anceps, biceps, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 55; Zup. 67, 9, 10. Sworde twyecgedes gladii ancipites. Ps. Spl. 149, 6. Hæfde hē twigecgede (twyecge, MS. B.) handseax habebat secam bicipitem, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 15. [Icel. tvī-eggjaðr.] twi-ecgede

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚹᛁ-ᛖᚳᚷᛖᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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