Ge-sweltan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-sweltan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-sweltan

p. -swealt, pl. -swulton; pp. -swolten [sweltan to die] To die, perish; mŏri :-- Men gesweltaþ hŏmĭnes moriemini, Ps. Spl. 81, 6. Geswolten, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 18. ge-sweltan

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᚹᛖᛚᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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