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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-spówan

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1 ge-spówan

p. -speów, pl. -speówon; pp. -spówen [spówan to succeed] To succeed, prosper; succēdĕre, prospĕrāre :-- Hú hyre æt beaduwe gespeów how she prospered in battle, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 7; Jud. 175: Andr. Kmbl. 2688; An. 1346. Him æt ðære byrig ne gespeów he did not succeed at the city, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 82, 8. ge-spowan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᛈᚩᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
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