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Tó-rípan

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1 tó-rípan

p. te To pluck in two, tear to pieces :-- Ðá hé fleáh ðá tórýpte hine án brémber ofer ðæt nebb. Ðá hé ætsacan wolde ðá sǽde him mon ðæt tó tácne when he fled, a bramble scratched him all over the face. When he wanted to deny (the charge brought against him), they told him this as a token, Chart. Th. 172, 27. [Goth. raupjan to pluck: O. H. Ger. roufen vellicare, runcare: Ger. raufen.]
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Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩ-ᚱᛁᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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