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Hréd-eádig

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1 hréd-eádig

adj. Glorious, noble, triumphant :-- Biþ ðǽr his þegna eác hréðeádig heáp there too shall be a triumphant band of his servants, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 33; Cri. 945. Sum biþ on huntoþe hréðeádigra deóra drǽfend one is more famous in hunting, a chaser of wild beasts, 78 b; Th. 295, 23; Crä. 37. [Thorpe and Grem take hréðeádigra as gen., but see Th. 298, 1; Crä. 78 for another comparative.] Hærfest biþ hréðeádegost hæleþum bringeþ géres wæstmas ða ðe him god sendeþ autumn is most glorious, it brings to man the fruits of the year which God sends them, Menol. Fox 475; Gn. C. 8. [Cf. Icel. hróðr-auðigr famous.] hred-eadig
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ᚻᚱᛖᛞ-ᛖᚪᛞᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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