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Old English Dictionary Entry

án-hydig

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1 án-hydig

adj. One or single minded, steadfast, firm, constant, stubborn, self-willed; firmus, constans, pervicax :-- Elnes ánhvdig steadfast in courage, Exon. 45b; Th. 156, 3; Gú. 869: Elen. Grm. 828. Ánhydig eorl the stubborn chieftain, Exon. 55b; Th. 196, 28; Az. 181: 100 a; Th. 377, 11; Deór. 2. Wearþ ðá ánhydig then he became, self-willed. Cd. 205; Th. 254, 1; Dan. 605. an-hydig
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚪᚾ-ᚻᚣᛞᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gú.
Guthlac (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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