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A-wecgan

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1 a-wecgan

p. -wegde, -wegede ; pp. -weged ; movere, amovere, commovere, agitare :-- Ne mihton awecgan Iob of his módes ánrǽdnysse might not move Job from his constancy of mind, Job Thw. 167, 33 : Andr. Kmbl. 1005; An. 503. Hí ne mihton hine awecgan they could not move it, Homl. Th. ii. 164, 31. Mód biþ aweged of his stede the mind is removed from its place, Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 18 : Bt. Met. Fox 7, 48; Met. 7, 24. Winde aweged [MS. awegyd] hreód arundinem vento agitatam, Mt. Bos. 11, 7.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚹᛖᚳᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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