Forud

Old English Dictionary Entry

Forud

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: forod. forud

Definitions

1 forud

part. Broken, fractured, worn out, decayed; fractus, contrītus :-- Se foruda fót and sió forude bond the fractured foot and the fractured hand, Past. ii. 2; Cot. MS. On ðisum þrím stelum stynt se cynestól, and gif án biþ forud, he fylþ adún sóna the throne stands on these three pillars, and if one is decayed, it soon falls down, Ælfc. T. 41, 6.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱᚢᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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