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Old English Dictionary Entry

For-lor

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1 for-lor

m. Destruction, perdition, loss; perdĭtio :-- Hæleða forlor men's perdition, Cd. 33; Th. 45, 4; Gen. 721. Ic ofslóg ðis folc and to forlore gedyde I slew and destroyed this people, Past. 37, 2; Hat. MS. 49 b, 23: Andr. Kmbl. 2846; An. 1425. Mid hæleða forlore with men's perdition, Cd. 35; Th. 47, 8; Gen. 757. Ðéh ðe he hý mid micle forlore ðæs folces begeáte though he took it with great loss of the people, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 28. [O. Sax. farlor.] for-lor
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛚᚩᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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