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Old English Dictionary Entry

Búian

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Definitions

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1 búian

to dwell, inhabit; habitare, incolere:-- Ðæt we móston búian that we should dwell, Ps. Th. 28, 8. Ðe on eorþan búiaþ who dwell on earth, Ps. Th. 32, 7. Búiaþ inhabit, Ps. Th. 32, 12.
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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