For-wrítan

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-wrítan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 for-wrítan

p. -wrát, pl. -writon; pp. -writen [wrítan to cut, carve, engrave, write] To cut asunder; dissĕcāre :-- He forwrát wyrm on middan he cut the worm asunder in the middle, Beo. Th. 5403; B. 2705. for-writan

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᚹᚱᛁᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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