Swǣfisc cnotta

(Edlǣded of Sƿefian cnotta)

Sƿǣfisc cnotta (Þēodisc: Suebenknoten) is stǣrliċ ƿerisc hǣrmōd þe þā Þēodsc Sƿæfacynn ƿerodon. Tacitus ƿrāt ymbe þone Sƿæfian cnotta in his 1a ȝēarhundredum ƿyrce Germania, and man mæȝ hine finden on cynste þāra Þēodisca lēoda, and on fen līċum.

sē Osterby hēafod, mid Sƿæfiscum cnottan

Germania

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Cƿæþ in Germania be Tacitus, þā Sƿæfian ċeampas cembdedon hiera hǣr bæcƿeard oþþe handƿeard, and hit intō cnotte cnytton, for þǣm mōdȝeþance oþīeƿenda grēater and mā eȝesful on þǣm ƿælstōƿe.

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