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Old English Dictionary Entry

Of-drǽd[d]

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1 of-drǽd[d]

terrified, afraid :-- Ic férde ofdrǽd timens abii, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 25. Befrán se sceaþa hwæt hé manna wǽre, oððe wǽre ofdrǽd, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 28. Hé ofdrǽdd wæs for his morþdǽdum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 38. Hié beóþ mid ðæm ymbeþonce ofdrǽdde, Past. 35, 2; Swt. 238, 7: Homl. Skt. i. 23, 300. [Laym. A. R. (swiþe, sore) of-dred: Orm. off-dredd: O. and N. of-drad.] of-drædd
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Runic Inscription

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ᚩᚠ-ᛞᚱǽᛞ[ᛞ]

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

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Works & Authors

Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Orm.
Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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