Tó-dreósan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Tó-dreósan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 tó-dreósan

p. -dreás; pl. -druron; pp. -droren To fall to pieces, fall away, decay :-- Ðæt goldgeweorc eall tódreás, swá swá weax gemylt æt fýre, Shrn. 156, 15. [He schal todreosen so lef on bouh, Misc. 94, 48. Alle þe bones beoþ todrore, 152, 182. Cf. Goth. dis-driusan.] Cf. tó-feallan. to-dreosan

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩ-ᛞᚱᛖᚩᛋᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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