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Old English Dictionary Entry

In-dryhto

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1 in-dryhto

f. Nobleness, honour, glory :-- Blǽð is gehnǽged eorþan indryhto ealdaþ and searaþ glory is laid low, earth's honour grows old and withers, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 8; Seef. 89. Gehwone wyrta wynsumra ðe wuldercyning ofer eorþan gescóp tó indryhtum ælda cynne every pleasant plant that the king of glory created on earth as honours for the race of men, 58 b; Th. 211, 15; Ph. 198. in-dryhto
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛁᚾ-ᛞᚱᚣᚻᛏᚩ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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