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A-stellan

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1 a-stellan

p. -stealde, -stalde ; pp. -steald ; statuere, collocare, instituere, præbere, stabilire, fundare, suscipere, inire :-- Bisene astellan exemplum præbere, Past. 3, 1; Hat. MS. 8 b, 5. Asteald to býsne set for an example, Ors. 2, 4 ; Bos. 44. 33. Crist hit astealde and tǽhte Christ established and taught it, Homl. Th. ii. 582, 29. Heofonas, and móna, and steorran, ða ðú astealdest cælos, lunam et stellas, quœ to fundasti, Ps. Th. 8, 4. Astealde ðæt gewin undertook the war, Ors. 2, 5 ; Bos. 46, 26. Stephanus ðóne martyrdóm astealde Stephen suffered [underwent] martyrdom, Homl. Th. i. 50, 2. Ðone fleám ǽrest astealde Þurcytel Thurkytel first began the flight, Chr. 10l0; Th. 262, 43. DER. up-a-stellan.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛋᛏᛖᛚᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

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Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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