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Old English Dictionary Entry

A-hreósan

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1 a-hreósan

p. -hreás, pl. -hruron; pp. -hroren [a, hreósan to rush] To rush, fall, fall down; irruere, mere, corruere, decidere :-- Bleówun windas and ahruron on ðæt hús flaverunt venti et irruerunt in domum illam, Mt. Bos. 7, 25. On Godes naman ahreóse ðís tempel in God's name let this temple fall down. Homl. Th. i. 72, 2, 5. He ahreás he fell, Homl. Th. i. 192, 20. a-hreosan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚻᚱᛖᚩᛋᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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