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For-gifen

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1 for-gifen

adj. (ptcpl.). I. forgiven, pardoned:--Þé georne tó Gode bide and tó his hálgum, wið þám ðe þíne synna þæs ðe forgifenron beón, Wlfst. 290, 10. II. mild; remissus. (1) of persons, gentle, indulgent:--Hé wæs Rómánum swá forgiefen and swá milde swá him nán onwald næs ǽr þǽm Tiberius cum magna et graui modestia reipublicae praefuit, Ors. 6, 2; S. 254, 22. Hié sume heora þeówas gefreódon, and eác him eallum wurdon tó milde and tó forgiefene cum licentia in consuetudinem prorogata servos suos passim liberos facerent, 4, 3; S. 162, 15. (2) of discipline, punishment, &c., not hard:--Sodomom forgefenra l eáðor tó forgeafanne bið Sodomis remissius erit, Lk. L. 10, 12, 14. Forgefenro, Mt. L. 11, 22. Forgefenre, 24.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᚷᛁᚠᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Wlfst.
Wulfstan
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