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Old English Dictionary Entry

A-hýðan

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1 a-hýðan

To destroy, lay waste, despoil; vastare, abo-lere, subvertere :-- Hí woldon Rómwara ríce geþringan, hergum ahýðan they would conquer the empire of the Romans, lay it waste with their armies, Elen. Kmbl. 81; El. 41. Hungor he ahýðeþ [MS. A. ahiéðeþ] hunger despoileth it, Salm. Kmbl. 147; Sal. 73. Ahíðan, Exon. 87a; Th. 328, 9; Vy. 15. DER. hýðan prædari. a-hyðan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚻᚣᚦᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Sal.
Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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