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Ge-beornan

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1 ge-beornan

p. -barn, pl. -burnon; pp. -bornen,-burnen [ge-, beornan to burn]. I. ardēre, combūri :-- Sió hand gebarn módiges mannes the hand of the bold man burned, Beo. Th. 5388; B. 2697. II. :-- Seó eorþe wæs to axsan geburnen the earth was burnt to ashes, Ors. 4, 2; Bos. 79, 19. ge-beornan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᛇᚱᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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