Old English Dictionary Entry

æd-sceaft

Part of speech: e; Related words: edsceaft. æd-sceaft

Definitions

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1 æd-sceaft

f. A regeneration, new creation; regeneratio :-- Hí ǽlce geáre weorþaþ to ædsceafte they become every year a new creation, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 16.

Similar Words

-ælfen
-ærn
Æ
æ-bilgan
æ-bilignes

Runic Inscription

ᚫᛞ-ᛋᚳᛠᚠᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)

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