For-nýdan

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-nýdan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 for-nýdan

p. -nýdde; pp. -nýded, -nýdd To force greatly, compel; cōgĕre :-- Wydewan syndon wíde fornýdde on unriht to ceorle vĭduæ crebro injuste ad nuptias trăhuntur, Lupi Serm. i. 5; Hick. Thes. ii. 100, 25. for-nydan

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᚾᚣᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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"Fornjóts synir eru á landi komnir"