Old English Dictionary Entry

Strange

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1 definitions

1 strange

adv. I. severely: -- Rícum mannun man sceal strangor (severius) déman ðonne ðám heánum, L. Ecg. C. 1; Th. ii. 132, 30. Ðeáh ðe ðæt wíte heardor and strangor dón sý cum districtius agitur, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 12. II. strongly, violently :-- Seó sǽ strange geondstyred on staþu beáteþ, Met. 6, 15; . Soul Kmbl. 89; Seel. 45. strange

Similar Words

-saca
-sacend
-sacung
-sagol
-sagun

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᚱᚪᛝᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

L.: Latin

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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