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Old English Dictionary Entry

Reódan

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1 reódan

p. reád. I. to redden, stain with blood :-- Deáþwang rudon, Andr. Kmbl. 2006; An. 1005. II. to redden a person by causing blood to flow from a wound, to wound, kill :-- Næs ðeós eorþe besmiten beornes blóde ðe hine bil rude (cf. ne seó eorþe besmiten mid ofslegenes monnes blóde, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 15), Met. 8, 34. Se eorl wolde sleán eaferan sínne, ecgum (MS. eagum) reódan magan mid méce, Cd. Th. 204, 2; Exod. 412. [Icel. rjóða to redden (with blood); rjóða kiðr eins to slay a person.]
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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

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Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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