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Ofer-gitolness

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1 ofer-gitolness

f. Forgetfulness, oblivion :--Ofergitolnys (-geo-tulnis, Ps. Surt. ) oblivio, Ps. Spl. C. T. 9, 19. Wið ða ádle ðe man litargum háteþ, ðæt ys on úre geþeóde ofergytulnys (-gittolnes, MS. H.), Lchdm. i. 200, 8. In eorþan ofergytolnysse in terra oblivionis, Ps. Spl. 87, 13. Ða unþeáwas oft ábisegien ðæt mód mid ofergiotulnesse, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 32. Ic eom myd earmlícre ofergiotolnesse ofseten, Shrn. 198, 21. On ofergeotolnisse, Blickl. Homl. 103, 16. Ofergeot-tolnisse oblivionem, Rtl. 61, 14. Ofergiottulnisso ignorantias, 167, 31. ofer-gitolness
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᚷᛁᛏᚩᛚᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
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