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Old English Dictionary Entry

Prófian

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1 prófian

p. ode To esteem or regard as :-- Gif feorrancumen man búton wege gange, and hé ðonne náwðer ne hrýme ne hé horn ne bláwe, for þeóf hé is tó prófianne he is to be regarded as a thief, L. Wih. 28 ; Th. i. 42, 25 : L. In. 20; Th. i. 116, 2. [Cf Icel. prófaðr convicted of : nema þeir fengi af sér prófat unless they can clear themselves of it.] profian
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛈᚱᚩᚠᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icelandic
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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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