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Hredding

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f. Saving, salvation, liberation :-- Ús becom deáþ and forwyrd þurh wíf and ús becom líf and hredding þurh wimman death and destruction came upon us by a woman, and by a woman came life and salvation, Homl. Th. i. 194, 33. His ágen líf syllan for ðæs folces hreddinge to give his own life for the redemption of the people, 240, 14. Ongunnon for his hreddinge biddan began to pray for his liberation, 534, 27. Heó mid hreáme hyre hræddinge ofclypode the result of her outcry was to save her, Homl. Swt. 2, 219. hredding
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ᚻᚱᛖᛞᛞᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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