Geond-irnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Geond-irnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 geond-irnan

Take here geond-yrnan in Dict., and add: I. of motion, to run through or over:--Ǽr þon þá yfelan wǽtan þá limo geondyrnen, Lch. ii. 228, 16. Ꝥ se seáw mæge ꝥ heáfod geondyrnan, 18, 15. II. of mental action, to run over a subject:--Geondyrnan (percurrere) þá þing þe syndon ongunnene be his lífe, Gr. D. 103, 10. geond-irnan

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ᚷᛇᚾᛞ-ᛁᚱᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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