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Old English Dictionary Entry

A-wyrdan

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1 a-wyrdan

p. -wyrde; pp. -wyrded, -wyrd; lædere, corrumpere, vitiare, violare :-- Ðe he sylf awyrde whom he himself had injured, Homl. Th. i. 4, 24. Æðeling manig wundum awyrded many a noble injured with wounds, Beo. Th. 2230; B.1113. Gif spræc awyrd weorþ if speech be injured, L. Ethb. 52 ; Th. i. 16, 5. Ðýlæs hí [scil. wæstmas] rénes scúr awyrde lest the shower of rain should destroy them [i. e. the fruits], Exon. 59 b ; Th. 215, 2 ; Ph. 247. [O. H. Ger. ar-wartian violare, vitiare, fædare, adul-terare, corrumpere, depravare.] DER. wyrdan. a-wyrdan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚹᚣᚱᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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German
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Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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