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Felgan

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1 felgan

pl. felgaþ; p. fealg, fealh, pl. fulgon; pp. folgen To stick to, betake oneself to, go or come under, below or beneath anything, to go into, enter a place, to undergo; inhærēre, sŭbīre, ināre, intrāre :-- Óþ he on fleáme fealh until he betook himself to flight, Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 89, 42. Hý ymb ða geatu feohtende wǽron óþ hý ðǽrinne fulgon they were fighting about the gates until they entered therein, Chr. 755; Th. 87, 3, col. 1. Siððan inne fealh Grendles módor when Grendel's mother came in, Beo. Th. 2567; B. 1281. He searoníþas fealh Eormenríces he underwent the guileful enmity of Ermanric, 2405; B. 1200. [O. Sax. bi-felhan trādĕre, mandāre, condĕre: Frs. be-feljen: O. Frs. bifella: Dut. be-velen: Ger. be-fehlen mandāre: M. H. Ger. be-vëlhen condĕre, mandāre: O. H. Ger. félahan, felhan condĕre: Goth. filhan to hide, bury: Icel. fela: Lat. se-pĕlire to hide, bury.] DER. æt-felgan, be-, bi-, ge-, wið-.
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Runic Inscription

ᚠᛖᛚᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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O. Frs.
Old Frisian
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Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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