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Of-sníþan

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1 of-sníþan

Add: I. to slaughter an animal :-- Gif hwá drince wyrm on wætere, ofsníðe sceáp raðe, drince hát ꝥ sceápes blód, Lch. ii. 114, 7. II. to cut off, amputate :-- Hé sceal his unþeáwas hatian and ofsníþan, Met. 27, 33. O. H. Ger. aba-snídan amputare: Ger. ab-schneiden.] of-sniðan,of-sniþan
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ᚩᚠ-ᛋᚾᛁᚦᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
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