Be-hindan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-hindan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 be-hindan

prep. dat. Behind; post, pone :-- He lét him behindan ciólas he left ships behind him, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 45; Met. 26, 23. Ligeþ him behindan hefig hrusan dǽl behind it lies the heavy mass of earth, 29, 106; Met. 29, 52. Ne ðé behindan nú lǽt mænige ðus micle now leave not behind thee such a multitude of people, Exon. 10 a; Th. 10, 19; Cri. 155. be-hindan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚻᛁᚾᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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