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Old English Dictionary Entry

Weorf

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1 weorf

n. A young ass: -- Weorf asellus, assa asinus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 45. Be ǽlces nýtenes weorðe gif hí losiaþ. Hors mon sceal gyldan mid .xxx. scill. . . . wilde weof mid . xii. Scill., oxan mid .xxx. p, L. O. D. 7; Th. i. 356, 4. Ungewylde weorf, nýten l hors indomitos subjugales, Hpt. Gl. 458, 1.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛇᚱᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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