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Spildan

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1 spildan

p, de To waste, destroy, mate away with :-- Ðeaf ne cymes búta ðætte [hé] spildeþ (perdat), Jn. Skt. Lind. 10, 10. Seðe lufaþ sáuel his spildeþ (perdet) hiá, 12, 25. Ðú wilnast, ðæt ðú ðíne feore spilde, Andr. Kmbl. 568 ; An. 284. [O. H. Ger. spildan effundere, expendere.] and spillan. spildan
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Runic Inscription

ᛋᛈᛁᛚᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Jn.
Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
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