A-gitan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-gitan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 a-gitan

p. -geat, pl. -geáton, -géton; pp. -giten [a away, gitan to get] To destroy, abolish, subvert; destruere, exstinguere, subvertere :-- He ageat gylp wera he destroyed the vaunt of men, Cd. 169; Th. 210, 12; Exod. 514. HI heafodgirnrne agéton they destroyed the gem of the head, Andr. Reed. 63; [aguton, Grm. 32; Kmbl. 63.] a-gitan,agitan

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚷᛁᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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