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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-heáwan

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1 ge-heáwan

p. -heów; pp. -heáwen To hew, cut, cut in pieces; dolare, cædere, concidere :-- Wicg hornum geheáweþ heweth the war-horse with his horns, Salm. Kmbl. 313; Sal. 156 : Beo. Th. 1368; B. 682 : Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 33; Jud. 90 : 12; Thw. 25, 36; Jud. 295 : Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 27. Ðæt wæs geheáwen of carre quod erat excisum de petra, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 46. DER. heáwan. ge-heawan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᛖᚪᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Beo.
Beowulf
Mk.
Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Sal.
Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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