A-cwencan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-cwencan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 a-cwencan

p. de, te, pl. don, ton; pp. ed, d, t To quench, extinguish, put out; extinguere :-- Bæd ðæt hí ðæt leóht acwencton prayed that they would put out the light, Bd. 4, 8; S. 575, 40, note, MS. B. Úre leohtftu synt acwencte lampades nostræ extinguuntur, Mt. Bos. 25, 8. Fyr ne byþ acwenced ignis non extinguitur Mk. Bos. 9, 44. a-cwencan

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚳᚹᛖᚾᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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