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Ofer-gitan

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1 ofer-gitan

to forget, neglect :-- Ealle þeóda ða ðe ofergitaþ (oblivis-cuntur) God, Ps. Spl. 9, 18. Ic ofergeat (oblitus sum) etan, 101, 5. Sum wýf ofergeat hyre cyld slǽpende. Shrn. 150, 30. Hí ofergéton (-geáton, MS. A. ) (obliti sunt) ðæt hí hláfas ne námon, Mk. Skt. 8, 14. Hié ofergeáton Godes dómas. Cd. Th. 155, 32; Gen. 2581. Spec . . . ðæt hié ofergieton (sýn ofergytende, MS. B.) ðisse sǽwe ege, St. And. 8. 15. Ne ofergit ðú þearfan, Ps. Spl. 9 second, 14. Ofergyt, 73, 24. Oferget, Ps. Surt. 73, 23. Nylle ðú ofergiten noli oblivisci, Ps. Spl. 102, 2. Ofergeotan, Nar. 45, 7. Wǽre ðú ofergeotende minre bysne, Bd. 2, 6 ; S. 508, 17. Án nis of ðám ofergyten, Lk. Skt. 12, 6. ofer-gitan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᚷᛁᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Mk.
Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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