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Old English Dictionary Entry

æt-styntan

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1 æt-styntan

p. te. I. to blunt :-- Tēd hē ætstente dentes retundat, Hy. S. 16, 3. II. to make inactive or ineffective :-- Hē ætstynte, gedrehte elideret (favorabile praeconium). An. Ox. 2779. Mōd ætstentan animum retundi, Hy. S. 70, 19. [Etstunten þe strencþe of mine swenges, Marh. 15. Þat ufel wes atstunt. Lay. 31903.] æt-styntan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚫᛏ-ᛋᛏᚣᚾᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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An.
Andreas (OE poem)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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