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Recenian

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1 recenian

p. ode To arrange, dispose, reckon. [Cristess kinn o modere hallfe be weppmann shollde reccnedd ben, Orm. 2055. Alle sunnen sunderliche ne muhte no mon rikenen, A. R. 210, 7. Him ne poruayþ of his receninge, and wel wot þet rekeni him behoueþ, Ayenb. 19, 6. Reknyn or cowntyn, rekkyn, rekene, computo, Prompt. Parv, 428. O. Frs. rekenia to reckon : O. H. Ger. rehhanón parare, rationem ponere, disponere : cf. Goth. rahnjan.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚱᛖᚳᛖᚾᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Orm.
Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
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