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The Saxons in England, Volume 1 (of 2)

Note 444 — Chapter IX · THE MUTUAL GUARANTEE. MÆGBURH. TITHING. HUNDRED.

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A beautiful evidence of this lies in the epic name for woman; in Anglosaxon poetry she is called freoðowebbe, the weaver of peace. Beów. l. 3880. Trav. S. l. 11.

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