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Innian

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1 innian

p. ode To get within, put in, bring in, put up, lodge :-- Hé werodaþ syððan hé innaþ interius recepta dulcescant, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 31. Ðá hí ðider cómon ðá woldon hí innian hí ðær heom sylfan gelícode when they came thither then they wanted to put themselves up, where it pleased themselves, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177. 35. [Me nuste wære hem inny people did not not know where to lodge them, R. Glouc. 336, 14. Þe kyng lette lede hem to a feir old court and innes hem þere, Jos. 174 Theseus ynned hem, everich at his degre, Chauc. Kn. T. 1334. O. Frs. innia to harbour, lodge : O. H. Ger. innón recipere, suscipere, adjungere, afferre, Grff. i. 298.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛁᚾᚾᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

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Ger.
German
O. Frs.
Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
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