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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hrícian

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1 hrícian

p. ode To cut open:--Hí man holdode and hí ealle hrícode (the MS. has the accent); swilce óðer wæterflód swá fleów heora blód, Hml. S. 23, 73. Hrýcigende resulcans (cf. manus resulcans, iterum aperiens, the passage is the same in both cases, An. Ox. 46, 49), Germ. 398, 144.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚱᛁᚳᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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