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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hinder-genga

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1 hinder-genga

m. I. one that goes backward (epithet of a crab) :-- Hindergenga retrograda (Nepa mihi nomen . , . passibus Oceanum retrograda transeo versis. Aid. 254, 30), An. Ox. 26, 23. II. one that goes back from the faith he has professed, an apostate (cf. Manega his leorningcnihtas cyrdon onbæc and ne eódun mid him, Jn. 6, 66. Homo apostata, i. retrogradiens, Kent. Gl. 141) :-- Hindergengena apostatarum. An. Ox. 5, 16. hinder-genga
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛁᚾᛞᛖᚱ-ᚷᛖᛝᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Jn.
Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
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