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Old English Dictionary Entry

Strūdan

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1 strūdan

p. streád, pl. struden; pp. sfroden To spoil, ravage, plunder, pillage, defraud :-- Hwæt is dis manna de mīnne folgaþ wyrdeþ, ǣhta strūdeþ, Elen. Kmbl. 1807; El. 905. Ðonne wē ūs for nōwiht dōþ dæt wē earme menn reáfiaþ and strūdaþ in heora ǣhtum and heora gōdum cum infirmiores spoliare et eis fraudem facere pro nihilo ducimus, Bd. 3, 19 ; S. 548, 19. Fȳnd gold strudon. Cd. Th. 121, 7; Gen. 2006: Exon. Th. 436, 7; Rä. 54, 10. Hié tempel strudon, Cd. Th. 260, 18; Dan. 711. Hwā dæt hord strude, Beo. Th. 6244; B. 31. 26. Se done wong strude (MS. strade), 6139; B. 3073. Iudas hæfde onlīcnesse dara manna de willaþ Godes cyricean yfelian and strūdan, Blickl. Homl. 75, 24. Strūd-ende fȳr, Cd. Th. 154. 15 ; Gen. 2556. [Cf. O. H. Ger. strutit fraudat, zi-strudida destruxit.] and following words. strudan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᚱᚢᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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German
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Beo.
Beowulf
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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