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Old English Dictionary Entry

A-fyrhtan

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1 a-fyrhtan

p. -fyrhte; pp. -fyrhted, -fyrht To affright, terrify; terrere, exterrere, perterrere, timore afficere :-- He afyrhted wearþ he was affrighted, Exon. 52 a; Th. 181, 29; Gú. 1300: Andr. Kmbl. 3057; An. 1531. Wǽran mid egsan ealle afyrhte with dread were all affrighted, Cd. 222 ; Th. 288, 22; Sat. 385. Ða weardan wǽron afyrhte custodes exterriti sunt, Mt. Bos. 28, 4: Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 12, MS. T. Afirhte, Gen. 14, 10.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚠᚣᚱᚻᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Gú.
Guthlac (OE poem)
Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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