Of-swelgan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Of-swelgan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 of-swelgan

to swallow up, devour :-- Deáþ forsiehþ ða æþelo, and ðone rícan gelíce and ðone heánan ofswelgþ, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 33. Cf. for-swelgan. of-swelgan

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠ-ᛋᚹᛖᛚᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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