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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-scúfan

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1 ge-scúfan

p. -sceáf; pp. -scofen, -scyfen. I. to cause movement, with idea of violence, to eject, expel :-- Gescyfen diúbol ejecto daemone, Mt. p. 16, 4. II. to cause action, to impel, drive :-- Ðá ðe unmedome bióð tó ðǽre láre, and ðeáh for hiora hrædwilnesse beóð tó gescofene quos a praedicatione imperfectio prohibet, et tamen praecipitatio impellit, Past. 375, 20. ge-scufan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᚳᚢᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
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