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Old English Dictionary Entry

Witran

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1 witran

to make certain (?), to inform:--Witro veror, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 23. [Wise mi and witere (witte me, 2nd MS.), whuder ic mæi liðan, Laym. 1200. Wite me and were and witere and wisse þurh þi wisdom to wite me wið sunne, Jul. 33, 13. Ho has witered hire of þis, and ho has hire kenned, Jos. 466. Ho watȝ wytered bi wyȝes what watȝ þe cause, Allit. Pms. 85, 1587. Cf. Icel. vitra to manifest, reveal.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᛏᚱᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icel.
Icelandic

Works & Authors

Jul.
Juliana (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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