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DERIAN

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1 DERIAN

part. deriende, derigende; ic derige, ðú derast, detest, he deraþ, dereþ, pl. deriaþ, deregaþ; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed; nocēre, lædĕre, obesse :-- Him ða stormas derian ne máhan [derigan ne mǽgon MS. Cot.] the storms cannot hurt him, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 6: Bt. Met, Fox 12, 8; Met. 12, 4. He ne forlét mannan derian heom non relīquit homĭnem nocēre eis, Ps. Lamb. 104, 14. Derigende nŏcens, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 38; Som. 12, 51. Dém Driht derigende [deriende MS. T; ða deriendan, Lamb.] me judĭca Domĭne nocentes me, Ps. Spl. 34, 1, Ic derige noceo, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 44, 41: Ps. Lamb. 88, 34. Hit me ne deraþ it shall not hurt me, Homl. Th. i. 72, 13: Boutr. Scrd. 31, 18. Hió oft dereþ unscyldegum she often injures the guiltless, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 71; Met. 4, 36: 26, 221; Met. 26, 111. On worulde monnum ne deriaþ máne áþas wicked oaths inflict no injury on men in the world, 4, 95; Met. 4, 48: Past. 59; Hat. MS. Náuht ne deregaþ monnum máne áþas wicked oaths in no wise injure men, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 16. He derode manna gesihþum he injured men's sight, Homl. Th. i. 454, 21: Hexam. 16; Norm. 24, 3: Chr. 1032; Erl. 164, 2: Boutr. Scrd. 18, 3. Gif ðú ðínum cristenum bréðer deredest if thou injuredst thy christian brother, Homl. Th. i. 54, 22. Him ówiht ne derede naught harmed them, Cd. 188; Th. 233, 11; Dan. 274: 23; Th. 30, 24; Gen. 471. Ðæt ðú me ne derige ne nŏceas mihi, Gen. 21, 23. Swá hwæt swá mannum derige, ðæt is eall for úrum synnum whatsoever is injurious to men, is all for our sins, Homl. Th. i. 16, 25. [Piers P. dere: Chauc. dere: Laym. derede, p: O. Sax. derian: Frs. deare, derre: O. Frs. dera: Dut. deren: O. H. Ger. terjan, terran nocēre.] DER. ge-derian: un-deriende. derian
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛞᛖᚱᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.
German
O. Frs.
Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.
Old High German
O. Sax.
Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Cot.
Cottonian Manuscripts
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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