On-médan

Old English Dictionary Entry

On-médan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (?) Related words: next word. on-medan

Definitions

1 on-médan

to take upon one's self, to presume (the following passage should be given under médan):--Ondsware ýwe se hine on méde wordum secgan hú se wudu hátte let him give answer, who will take upon himself to say in words, what the name of that wood is, Exon. Th. 437, 30; Rä. 56, 15.

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚾ-ᛗᛖᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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