Sturtan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sturtan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 sturtan

vowel as in murnan?); steart To start, jump up:--Sturtende (styrtende (wk.)? ) se halta gistód exiliens claudus stetit, Rtl. 57, 27. [Arður up sturte (storte, 2nd MS.), Laym. 23951. Pharaon stirte up, Gen. and Ex. 2931. Stirte forth, Havel. 873. Þe Romeyns sturte to anon her prince up to rere, R. Glouc. 212, 1.] sturtan

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ᛋᛏᚢᚱᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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