For-sweorfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-sweorfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 for-sweorfan

to wipe out, destroy. See sweorfan in Dict. [O. H. Ger. fer-swerban terere.] for-sweorfan

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛋᚹᛇᚱᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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