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1 orpung

f. I. breathing, breath :-- Ðæra dracena orþung ácwealde ðæt earme mennisc, Homl. Th. ii. 474, 6. Syllaba is stæfgefég on ánre orþunge geendod, Ælfc. Gr. 3; Som. 3, 13. Of orþunga gástes graman ðínes ab inspiratione spiritus irae tuae, Ps. Spl. 17, 18. Nán mann ne nýten næfþ náne orþuage búton þurh ða lyfte, Lchdm. iii. 272, 22. Óþ ða nýhstan orþuncge until his latest breath, L. /Elf. E. 4; Th. ii. 392, 10. God on ábleów on hys ansíne lífes orþunge (spiraculum vitae), Gen. 2, 7. II a breathing-hole (? cf. preceding passage), a pore :-- Orþung spiramentum vel porus, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 67.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚱᛈᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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