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On-ufan

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1 on-ufan

prep. with dat. adv. I. of place, upon, on :-- Ðæt preóst ne mæssige búton onufan gehálgodon weofode, L. Edg. C. 31; Th. ii. 250, 22. Ða forwurdon ðe him (the elephant) onufan wǽron, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 156, 13. Ða men ðe him onufan gáþ, Lk. Skt. ii. 44. Hí ðone Hǽlend onufan setton, 19, 35. II. of time, beyond, after :-- Fór Eádweard cyning onufan hærfest, Chr. 923; Erl. 110, 1.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚾ-ᚢᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

L.
Latin

Works & Authors

C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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