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Ge-endian

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1 ge-endian

p. ode, ade; pp, od, ad. I. fīnīre, consummāre, perfĭcĕre :-- Ðes man agan timbrian, and ne mihte hit geendian hic hŏmo cæpit ædĭfĭcāre, et non pŏtuit consummāre, Lk. Bos. 14, 30. Ǽr heó hit geendigan móste ere she might end it, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 28. Se cyning mid árleásre cwale ofslegen wæs, and ðæt ylce geweorc his æfter-fyligende Oswalde forlét to geendianne rex ipse impio nece occīsus, ŏpus ĭdem suceessōri suo Osualdo perfĭciendum relīquit, 2, 14; S. 517, 33. Ic geendige fīnio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Som. 34, 57. Man ðæt geendaþ on ǽfynne man ends it in the evening, Ps. Th. 103, 22. Oþoniél geendode his dagas mortuus est Othoniel, Jud. 3, 11 : Chr. 189; Erl. 9, 27. Hyt ys geendod consummātum est, Jn. Bos. 19, 30 : Mk. Bos. 13. 4. Ðe nó geendad weorþeþ which shall not be ended, Exon. 32 a; Th. 100, 12; Cri. 1640 : 63 a; Th. 232, 1; Ph. 500. II. to come to an end :-- Ðá geendode se gebeorscipe then the feast came to an end, Th. Apol. 18, 8. Siððan Eádgár geendode since Edgar died, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 44 : 68, 365. Geendiaþ ealle on ans they all end in -ans, Ælfc. Gr. Som. 43, 46. ge-endian
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Runic Inscription

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ᚷᛖ-ᛖᚾᛞᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Jn.
Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Mk.
Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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