Of-niman

Old English Dictionary Entry

Of-niman

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 of-niman

to fail :-- Be ðam ðe him his sprǽc ofnimþ de eo cui sermo deficit, L. Ecg. P. i. tit. 3; Th. ii. 170, 6. [Ger. ab-nehmen to decrease, wane.] of-niman

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠ-ᚾᛁᛗᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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