For-heáwan

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-heáwan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 for-heáwan

p. -heów; pp. -heáwen To hew or cut down, cut in pieces, slaughter; concīdĕre, occīdĕre :-- Hý forheówan Heaðóbeardna þrym they slaughtered the host of Heathobeards, Scóp. Th. 99; Wíd. 49: Byrht. Th. 135, 9; By. 115. [Ger. ver-hauen to cut down.] for-heawan

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᚻᛖᚪᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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