A-habban

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-habban

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 a-habban

p. -hæfde; subj. pres. s. -hæbbe [a from, habban to have] To abstain, restrain; abstinere :-- Ðú ne woldest ðé ahabban fram ðam húse ðæs forlorenan mannes noluisti te continere a domo ferditi, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 36. Ðæt Herebald eallinga hine fram ðam geflíte ahæbbe ut Herebald ab ilia se certamine funditus abstineat, 5, 6; S. 619, 4. a-habban

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ᚪ-ᚻᚪᛒᛒᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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