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Grillan

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1 grillan

p. de To provoke, offend :-- Hie willaþ grillan [griellan, Hat. MS.] óðre men they like to provoke other men, Past. 40, 4; Swt. 292, 19; MS. Cot. [A. R. gruellen to make sad: O. E. Homl. igruld, 2, 259, 30; and see other instances in Stratmann: cf. Icel. grellskapr spite: Ger. groll rancour.] grillan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚱᛁᛚᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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German
Icel.
Icelandic

Works & Authors

Cot.
Cottonian Manuscripts
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
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