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Old English Dictionary Entry

Tendan

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1 tendan

p. de To kindle. [A gnast wale al þe brand tenden, O. E. Homl. i. 81, 7. Cwench hit er þen hit waxe and tende þe, A. R. 296, 21. It bigynnez forto tiende, L. S. 314, 523. Itend of wreððe, Kath. 154. Teenden incendere, Wick. Goth. tandjan; Da. tænde: Swed. tända.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛏᛖᚾᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Goth.
Gothic
L.
Latin

Works & Authors

R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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