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A-hyldan

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1 a-hyldan

p. -hylde; pp. -hylded, -hyld. I. to incline, recline: inclinare, reclinare :-- Ahylde ic míne heortan inclinavi cor meum, Ps. Th. 118, 112. Ahyld me ðín eáre inclina aurem tuam ad me, 85, 1. Ahylded, 103, 6. Hwár he his heáfod ahylde ubi caput reclinet, Lk. Bos. 9.58. II. to decline, turn away, avert from; declinare, inclinare :-- Ahyld fram yfele declina a mala, Ps. Spl. 36, 28. Beóþ ðé ahylded fram wíta unrím from thee shall be averted the numberless torments, Exon. 68a; Th. 252, 31; Jul. 171. Se dæg wæs ahyld dies inclinata est, Lk. Bos. 24, 29: Ps. Th. 108, 23. Ne ahilde ge non declinabitis, Deut. 5, 32. a-hyldan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚻᚣᛚᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Jul.
Juliana (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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