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In-dryhten

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1 in-dryhten

adj. Noble, courtly, befitting one who belongs to a king's body-guard [cf. Icel. inn-drótt a king's body-guard] :-- Ðæt bþ in eorle indryhten þeáw ðæt hé his ferþlocan fæste binde it is a noble habit in a man, to bind fast his mind's casket, Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 11; Wand. 12. Ic eom indryhten and eorlum cúð I am noble and known to men, 130 b ; Th. 500, 3 ; Rä. 89, 1. Ic wát indryhtne giest, 112 a ; Th. 430, 1 ; Rä. 44. 1. Does indryhten wicg ippus ( = ? ϊππos), Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 37 belong here ? in-dryhten
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛁᚾ-ᛞᚱᚣᚻᛏᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icel.
Icelandic

Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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