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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-scénan

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1 ge-scénan

p. de; pp. ed To break, bruise, wound; contĕrĕre, vulnĕrāre :-- Hí woldon ǽninga heafolan gescénan they would at once wound the head, Andr. Kmbl. 2286; An. 1144. Forðon he ǽren dór gesceeneþ quia contrivit portas æreas, Ps. Th. 106, 15.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᚳᛖᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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