A-mán-sumian

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-mán-sumian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: 29; Th. i. 312, 1. a-man-sumian,a-mansumian

Definitions

1 a-mán-sumian

p. ode, ede, ade; pp. od, ed, ad [a ex, mán = mǽn -- gemǽne communis, sumian = samnian congregare] To excommunicate, anathematize; excommunicare, anathematizare :-- Amánsumede he hine excommunicavit eum, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 26. We amánsumiaþ mid heortan and mid múþe ða ðe hí amánsumedan anathematizamus corde et ore quos anathematizarunt, 4, 17; S. 586, 10, 11. Hý amánsumodon done mæsse-preost Arríum they excommunicated the mass-priest Arius, L. Ælf. C. 3; Th. ii. 344, 2. Amánsumed excommunicated, Chr. 675 ; Th. 59, 12: 963; Th. 221, 23: 1070; Th. 347, 4: L. Eth.

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛗᚪᚾ-ᛋᚢᛗᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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