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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-mundbyrdan

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1 ge-mundbyrdan

p. de; pp. ed [mundbyrd protection] To protect, defend, patronize; protĕgĕre, tuēri :-- Ða is fór God wille gemundbyrdan whom I will protect before God, Cd. 113; Th. 149, 11; Gen. 2473. Ðæt he hine gemundbyrde that he would protect him, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 21. ge-mundbyrdan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛗᚢᚾᛞᛒᚣᚱᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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