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Old English Dictionary Entry

A-tendan

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1 a-tendan

p. de; pp. ed; [a intensive, tendan to tind, set on fire] To set on fire, kindle, inflame; accendere, incendere, inflammare :-- Hí atendon hiora herebeácen they kindled their war-beacons, Chr. 1006; Th. 256, 24, col. 1. Hí mid fýre atendan woldan they wished to set it on fire, Chr. 994; Th. 241, 32, col. 2. a-tendan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛏᛖᚾᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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