A-mearcian

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-mearcian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 a-mearcian

p. ode; pp. od [a, mearcian to mark] To mark out, delineate, describe, determine; annotare, denotare, designare, describere, definire :-- Hér amearcod is háligra hiw, þurh handmægen awriten on wealle here is described the form of the holy ones, through might of hand carved on the wall, Andr. Kmbl. 1448; An. 724. Ðone, ðe grúnd and sund, heofon and eorþan, amearcode mundum sínum him, who land andsea, heaven and earth, marked out with his own hands, 1499; An. 751: R. Concord. 2. a-mearcian

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛗᛠᚱᚳᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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