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Old English Dictionary Entry

Grad

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m. [Lat. gradus] A GRADE, step, order, degree, rank; gradus, ordo :-- Seofon stapas sindon cirielícra grada and háligra háda seven are the degrees of ecclesiastical ranks, L. E. B. 1; Th. ii. 240, 2. Blód com uppon þám gradan and of þám gradan on þa flóre blood came upon the steps and from the steps on the floor, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 28. Æt sumum sǽle ætslád se hálga wer on ðám heálícum gradum æt ðam hálgum weofode on one occasion the holy man slipped on the tall steps at the holy altar, Homl: Th. ii. 512, 11. grad
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚱᚪᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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