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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-swimman

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1 ofer-swimman

to cross by swimming :--Oferswam ða sioleþa bigong sunu Ecgþeówes, Beo. Th. 4723; B. 2367. [O. H. Ger. ubar-swimman tranare.] ofer-swimman
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᛋᚹᛁᛗᛗᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Beo.
Beowulf
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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