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Old English Dictionary Entry

Birhtan

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1 birhtan

to shine, (1) literal :-- Eall mín weorod for ðǽre micelnesse ðæs goldes scán and berhte, Nar. 7, 15. Byr[htende] coruscans, An. Ox. 4203. (2) figurative :-- Hé beforan manna eágum swá manigum wundrum sceán and berhte, Guth. 90, 11. Se noma mid him swá lange sceán and bryhte nomen apud eos tam diu claruerat, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 33, 3. [O. H. Ger. berahten splendescere.] and beorhtan, byrhtan in Dict. birhtan
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᚱᚻᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

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Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
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