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Wídness

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f. Width :-- Heora wíde (wídnes, , longitudo eorum .cc. stadia sunt, Nar. 36, 28. Ðæs temples længc waes syxtig fæðma, and seó wídnes wæs twéntig fæþma, and his heáhnys wæs þrítyg fæþma, Anglia xi. 9, 27. Ðæt tempel wæs . . . on wídnysse twéntig fæðma. . . Ðæt eástportic wæs on lenge twéntig fæðma be ðæs temples wídnysse, and wæs týn fæðma wíd. Homl. Th. ii. 578, 10-13. widness
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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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