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Old English Dictionary Entry

Scremman

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1 scremman

p. de To make a person stumble, put a stumbling-block in a person's way:--Ne wirige ðú deáfe ne scremme ðú blinde non male-dices surdo, nec coram coeco pones offendiculum, LeThe word, like scrimman, q. seems to suggest comparison with forms inmp. Cf. Icel. skreppa; p. skrapp to slip; the causative of this verb might appear in English as scrempan, whose meaning would be that given to scremman. Scrincan, screncan are parallel, as regards meaning, to scrimman, scremman.] scremman
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Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᚱᛖᛗᛗᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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