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Old English Dictionary Entry

A-lybban

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1 a-lybban

p. -lyfde, pl. -lyfdon; pp. -lyfed [a, lybban to live] To live, live after, survive; vivere, superesse :-- Ðæt ic alybban ne mæg that I may not survive, Nicod. 26; Thw. 13, 37. Heó alyfaþ she shall live, Ex. 21, 22. Alyfdon, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 27, 5.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛚᚣᛒᛒᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
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