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For-swígian

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1 for-swígian

p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed. I. sĭlentio prætĕrire :-- Betwih ðás þing nis to forswigianne, hwylc heofonlíc wundor and mægen ætýwed wæs, ðá his bán gefunden and geméted wǽron inter quæ nequaquam sĭlentio prætereundum reor, quid virtūtis ac mīrācŭli cælestis fuĕrit ostensum, cum ossa ejus inventa sunt, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 9. Nis us ðonne se hlísa to forswígienne nec sĭlentio prætereunda opīnio, 2, 1; S. 501, 1. Forswíged yrfe-bóc [MS. -bec] suppressum testāmentum, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 104; Wrt. Voc. 20, 43. II. retĭcēre :-- He rícum mannum nó for áre ne for ege nǽfre forswígian wolde nunquam dīvĭtĭbus hŏnōris sīve tĭmōris grātia retĭcēbat, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 10. [Ger. ver-schweigen to pass over in silence.] for-swigian
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛋᚹᛁᚷᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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