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Rendan

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1 rendan

p. de To rend, tear, cut :-- Óðre ða twigu gibégdun l rendun (rindon, Lind.) ða telge of ðǽm tréum alii frondes caedebant ab arboribus, Mk. Skt. Rush. 11, 8. Ceorfas l rendas (hrendas, Lind.) succidite, Lk. Skt. Rush. 13, 7. [Scipen gunnen helden bosmes þer rendden, Laym. 7849. Heo haueð bipiled mine figer, irend of al þe rinde decorticauit ficum meam, A. R. 148, 23. Þe reue rende his clades, Jul. 70, 7. O. Frs. renda to tear; rend a rent.]
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ᚱᛖᚾᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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O. Frs.
Old Frisian

Works & Authors

Jul.
Juliana (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Mk.
Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
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