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Old English Dictionary Entry

DYTTAN

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1 DYTTAN

p. de; pp. ed To DIT, close or shut up; opprĭmĕre, occlūdĕre, obtūrāre :-- Ongunnon ða Fariséi his mūþ dyttan cæpērunt Pharisæi os ejus opprĭmĕre, Lk. Bos. 11, 53. Anlíc nædran seó dytteþ hyre eáran secundum similitūdĭnem serpentis obtūrantis aures suas, Ps. Th. 57, 4. [Laym, dutte, p. pl. stopt: Orm. dittenn to shut, stop: O. Nrs. ditta rimas occlūdĕre, Rask Hald.] DER. for-dyttan. dyttan
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚣᛏᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

O. Nrs.
Old Norse

Works & Authors

Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Orm.
Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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