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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-brégan

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1 ge-brégan

p. de; pp. ed [ge-, brégan to give fear] To frighten, terrify; terrére, perterrére :-- Wæs his mód mid ðám beótungum gebréged his mind was frightened by the threats, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 14. Ic wæs mid ðysse ongrislícan wæfersýne gebréged I was terrified by this horrible sight, 5, 12; S. 628, 9. We sind gebrégede we are terrified, Homl. Th. i. 578, 27. ge-bregan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᚱᛖᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

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