A-cwínan:

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-cwínan:

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 a-cwínan:

p. -cwán, pl. -cwinon; pp. -cwinen To waste or dwindle away, decline, become extinct; tabescere :-- Ðæt fýr acwán and adwæsced wæs the fire declined and was extinguished, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 29. a-cwinan

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚳᚹᛁᚾᚪᚾ:

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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