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'Mīn Webblēaf' What Does that Mean?

It means, 'my webpage' in Old English, the language of the early medieval English. Of course, the people of that time didn't have webpages, so I made up the word.

This is a blog for me to post translations and exercises in Old English, and to write about anything relating to the history of the ancient and early medieval world. There might also be some reeenactment bits thrown in too.

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