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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-fetrian

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1 ge-fetrian

p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed To fetter, bind; compĕdīre, vincīre :-- Ðone he gefetrade fýrnum teágum whom he fettered with fiery shackles, Exon. 96 a; Th. 359, 9; Pa. 60. Drihten ða gefetredan alýseþ Dŏmĭnus solvit compĕdītos, Ps. Th. 145, 7.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚠᛖᛏᚱᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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