Ge-scirdan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-scirdan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (?) Related words: scirdan. ge-scirdan

Definitions

1 ge-scirdan

to injure, ruin :-- Þá cóm atol ǽglǽca morðres mánfreá myrce gescyrded (ruined by black crime (?), cf. ic eom synnum forwundod, Sae. 131 : or (?) evil (for myrce as epithet of the devil cf. mirki ménskaðo, Hel. 1062), ruined deófol deáðreów duguðum bereáfod, An. 1315.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᚳᛁᚱᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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