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Old English Dictionary Entry

Dréfednes

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1 dréfednes

f. Vexation, affliction, tribulation; vexātio, afflictio, tribulātio :-- Syððon cómon [comen MS.] ealle dréfednysse [MS. dræuednysse] and ealle ifele to ðone mynstre after that all troubles and all evils came to the monastery, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 31. DER. ge-dréfednes. drefednes
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚱᛖᚠᛖᛞᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
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