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Of-stician

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1 of-stician

to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce, transfix :-- Ofsticoþ configet, Kent. Gl. 844. Ic ofstikode hyne jugulavi aprum, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 17. Antonius hiene selfne ofsticade Antonius sese ferro transverberavit, Ors. 5, 13; Swt. 246, 30. Se kāsere ålýfde ðåm cnihtum ðæt hī hyne (St. Casianus) ofslógen mid heora writbredum, and hine ofsticodon mid hira writýrenum, Shrn. 117, 29. Ðá hēt hē ðone pápan (Alexander) ofstician, 79, 8. Ofstikian bår jugulare aprum, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 13. Hē swealt ofsticod fram him sylfum. Chr. 2; Erl. 5, 19. [Ger. ab-stechen.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠ-ᛋᛏᛁᚳᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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