A-scínan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-scínan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 a-scínan

p. -scán, pl. -scinon; pp. -scinen To shine forth, to be clear, evident; clarescere, elucere :-- Hwylc wǽre his líf cúþlícor ascíneþ vita qualis fuerit certius clarescat, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 14. Ðá ðǽr ascán beáma beorhtast then there shone the brightest of beams, Exon. 52a; Th. 180, 20; Gú. 1282. a-scinan

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛋᚳᛁᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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