For-spendan

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-spendan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 for-spendan

p. de; pp. ed [for-, spendan to spend] To spend utterly, to consume; consūmĕre :-- Swíðost ealle hys spéda hý forspendaþ they squander almost all his property. Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 22, 45. for-spendan

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛋᛈᛖᚾᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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