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Hrópan

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1 hrópan

p. hreóp To cry out, clamour, make a noise, shout, scream :-- Hreópon friccan the heralds shouted, Andr. Kmbl. 2314; An. 1158: Elen. Kmbl. 108: 1097; El. 550. Hreópon mearcweardas the warders of the border [the wolves] clamoured, Cd. 151; Th. 188, 14; Exod. 168. On hwǽl hreopon [MS. hwreopon] herefugolas the birds of war wheeled about screaming, 150; Th. 188, 1; Exod. 161. Wóp áhófun hreópun hwílum wédende swá wilde deór. Exon. 46 a; Th. 156, 21; Gú. 878. Hrefnes briddum ðonne heó hrópende him cígeaþ tó pullis corvorum invocantibus eum, Ps. Th. 146, 10. [A. R. ropeð, prs: Scot. roup to cry, shout; to sell by auction: Goth. hrópjan; p. hrópida to cry out: O. Sax. hrópan; p. hreóp: O. Frs. hrópa; p. róp and rópte: Icel. hrópa; p. hrópaði to slander; to call aloud: O. H. Ger. hruofan; p. hriof: hruofian; p. hruofta (Grff. iclamare; Ger. rufen; p. rief.] hropan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚱᚩᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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German
Goth.
Gothic
Icel.
Icelandic
O. Frs.
Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.
Old High German
O. Sax.
Old Saxon

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An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gú.
Guthlac (OE poem)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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