Ge-mundbyrdan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-mundbyrdan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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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

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛗᚢᚾᛞᛒᚣᚱᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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