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Old English Dictionary Entry

A-getan

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1 a-getan

p. de, te; pp. ed To seize, take away, destroy; corripere, eripere, delere :-- Sumne sceal gár agetan the spear shall take one away, Exon. 87a; Th. 328, 11; Vy. 16: Andr. Grm. 1144: Exon. 127b; Th. 491, 3; Rä. 80, 8. Ðǽr læg secg mænig gárum ageted there lay many a warrior destroyed by javelins, Chr. 937; Th. 202, 21, col. 1; Æðelst, 18. DER. getan. a-getan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚷᛖᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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