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Old English Dictionary Entry

ā-fremdan (-dan)

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1 ā-fremdan (-dan)

p. -fremde, -fremdede; pp. -fremd (-d), fremded (-od). I. to alienate, estrange a person :-- Ic wolde þæt hȳ þē āfremdedon, Wlfst. 255, 13. Āfremdæ sind dā synfullan alienati sunt peccatores, Ps. Srt. 57, 4. II. to alienate, deprive a person of something :-- Swā rihtwīslīcre gesihde āfremdad, Hml. S. 23 b, 676. [O. H. Ger. ar-fremidit alienatus.]
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ᚪ-ᚠᚱᛖᛗᛞᚪᚾ (-ᛞᚪᚾ)

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Wlfst.
Wulfstan
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