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Old English Dictionary Entry

Corepan

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1 corepan

p. scræp, pl. scrǽpon; pp. screpen To scrape, scratch:--Scriopu scalpio, Txts. 97, 1828. Scripið, scripith, scribid scarpinat, 95, 1805. Screpes scratches (? the word glosses arescit. But generally later English forms seem to represent a verb scrapian. Cf. Icel. skrapa: O. Du. schrapen:--Heo schulden schreapien þe eorðe up of hore putte, A. R. 116, 15. Al þet scrift ne schreapeð nout of, 344, 13. Shame shrapeth his clothes, Piers P. 11, 423. Scrapyn (shrapyn) awey abrado; scrapyn (schrapyn) scalpo, scalpito, Prompt. Par
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚩᚱᛖᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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