A-dýdan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-dýdan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -dýddan; Related words: a.

Definitions

1 a-dýdan

p. -dýdde; pp. -dýded, -dýd; [a, dýdan to die] To put to death, to destroy, kill, mortify; perdere, occidere :-- Wolde híg adýddan would destroy them, Ælfc. T. 22, 19. Ðæt ic náteshwon nelle heonon forþ eall flǽsc adýdan mid flódes wæterum that I will not, by any means, henceforth destroy all flesh with the waters of a flood, Gen. 9, 11. Ǽlc þing ðe líf hæfde wearþ adýd everything which had life was destroyed, Gen. 7, 23. a-dydan

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛞᚣᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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