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Willa

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1 willa

m. A well, spring, fountain (lit. and fig. ) :-- Wæs dēr wælla (fons) . . . de Hǣlend sæt ofer dæm wælh, Jn. Skt. Rush. 4, 6, 14. In dæm wælla, 9, 7. Tō dē dam willan ealles wīsddmes ad te fontent omnis sapientiae, Bd. 5, 24 ; S. 649, 3. Mid dam willan fulluhte bæþes fonte baptismatis, 5, 7; S. 620, 33. Ðiosne pytt l uælla puteum, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 4, 12. [Heo ȝeoten i þan welle (wille, 2nd MS. ) ; þa wes þa welle mid attre bigon. Laym. 19771.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᛚᛚᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Jn.
Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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