For-seárian

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-seárian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 for-seárian

p. ode; pp. od [seárian to sear] To dry up, wither; arēre, arescĕre :-- Ic forseárige āreo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 44. Se líchama gewyrþeþ to duste and forseáraþ the body turns to dust and withers, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 50, 17: Homl. Th. ii. 92, 3. Adruwode oððe forseárode swá swá blýwnys oððe crocsceard mægen mín āruit tamquam testa virtus mea, Ps. Lamb. 21, 16. Mín hýd forseárode my skin withered, Job Thw. 167, 37. Ðonne hit forealdod biþ and forseárod when it is grown old and withered, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 11. for-searian

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ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛋᛖᚪᚱᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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