For-grówan

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-grówan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 for-grówan

p. -greów, pl. -greówon; pp. -grówen [for-, grówan to grow] To grow up, grow into; increscĕre :-- Se ǽr in dæge wæs dýre, scríðeþ nú deóp feor, brondhord geblówen, breóstum in forgrówen copper was dear in [that] day, now it circulates wide and far, an ardent treasure flourishing, grown up in the hearts, Exon. 94 b; Th. 354, 16; Reim. 46. for-growan

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᚷᚱᚩᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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