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Old English Dictionary Entry

Cristnian

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1 cristnian

p. ode; pp. od To christianize, catechize; catechizare :-- Ðæt Paulinus ðǽr ðæt folc cristnode and fullode [MS. cristnade RUNE fullade] that Paulinus might there christen and baptize the people, or as the original Latin of Bede has it, with greater precision, -- ut Paulinus cum eis catechizandi et baptizandi officio deditus morarelur, Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, 7, 8; Latin 95, 34. cristnian
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚱᛁᛋᛏᚾᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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