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A-gǽlan

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1 a-gǽlan

p. de; pp. ed. I. impedire, retardare, morari, negligere :-- Ðæt he ne agǽle gǽstes þearfe that he delay not his spirit's welfare, Exon. 19b; Th. 51, 16; Cri. 817. Me ðiós siccetung hafaþ agǽled this sighing has hindered me. Bt. Met. Fox 2, 9; Met: 2, 5. Ic míne tíd-sangas oft agǽlde I have often neglected my canonical hours, L. De Cf. 9; Th. ii. 264, n. Astrecceaþ agǽledan honda remissas manus erigite, Past, 11, 1; Cot. MS. And swá eall ðæt folc wearþ mid him ánum agǽled and all the people were so occupied with him alone. Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 24. II. cunctari, indili-gens esse :-- He wihte ne agǽlde ðæs ðe þearf wæs þeódcyninges hewas not careless about anything that was needful for the king, Chr. 1066; Th. 335. 15. col. 1; Ed
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚷǽᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Cot.
Cottonian Manuscripts
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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