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Old English Dictionary Entry

For-sceorfan

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1 for-sceorfan

p. -scearf, pl. -scurfon; pp. -scorfen [sceorfan to gnaw, bite] To gnaw or eat off; arrōdĕre :-- Gærstapan ǽlc wuht forscurfon, ðæs ðe on ðam lande wæs grówendes locusts ate off everything that was growing in the land, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 17, notes, p. 24, 7, MS. L. for-sceorfan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛋᚳᛇᚱᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
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