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Old English Dictionary Entry

Fyrhtan

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1 fyrhtan

p. fyrhte; pp. tyrhted To FRIGHTEN, terrify, tremble; terrēre tremere :-- Gif lígette and þunorráde eorþan and lyfte brégdon and fyrhton si corusci ac tonitrua terras et aĕra terrērent, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 13. Ðú dóest ða fyrhta facis eam tremere, Rtl. 102, 21. DER. a-fyrhtan. fyrhtan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚣᚱᚻᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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