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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-dégan

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1 ge-dégan

to pass through, escape; pertransīre :-- Oft úre sáwl swýðe frécne hlimman gedégde hlúdes wæteres; wéne ic forðon ðæt heó wel mǽge ðæt swýðre mægen sáwel usser wæteres wénan ðæs wel gedégean torrentem pertransivit anima nostra; forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem, Ps. Th. 123, 4. Gif he wille sylf Godes dómas gedégan if he himself wish to be uncondemned, Blickl. Homl. 43, 12.
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ᚷᛖ-ᛞᛖᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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