A-bicgan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-bicgan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: a.

Definitions

1 a-bicgan

p. -bohte; pp. boht; [a, bycgan to buy] To buy, pay for, recompense; emere, redimere :-- Gif fríman wið fríes mannes wlf geligeþ, his wérgelde abicge if a freeman lie with a freeman's wife, let him buy her with his wergeld, i.e. price, L. Ethb. 31; Th. i. 10, 7.

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛒᛁᚳᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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