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Old English Dictionary Entry

Geond-sceáwian

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1 geond-sceáwian

p. ode; pp. od [sceáwian to look] To look at, survey; perlustrāre ocŭlis :-- Georne geondsceáwaþ earnestly surveys, Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 23; Wand. 52. Geondsceáwode he ða þing ðe to ðære stówe belumpon he looked about at the things which appertained to the place, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 22, 17. geond-sceawian
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛇᚾᛞ-ᛋᚳᛖᚪᚹᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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