A-spelian

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-spelian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 a-spelian

part. a-speliende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad To supply another's room, to be deputy or proxy for another, represent another; vicario munere fungi, vicem vel locum alicujus supplere :-- He móste his hláford aspelian he might represent his lord, L. R. 3 ; Th. i. 192, 3 : R. Ben. 58. Aspelad beón to have one's place supplied by another; excusari, R. Ben. 35. a-spelian

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛋᛈᛖᛚᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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