A-scúnian

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-scúnian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: a.

Definitions

1 a-scúnian

p. ode; pp. od; [a away, scúnian to shun]. I. to avoid, shun, fly from; evitare, reprobare :-- He mót þyllíc ascúnian he must shun the like, L. C. S. 7; Th. i. 380, 9: L. Ed. 4; Th. i. 162, 6. II. to hate, detest; odisse, detestari :-- Esau ascúnode Iacob oderat Esau Jacob, Gen. 27, 41. Ðá ascúnodon híg hine oderant eum, Gen. 37, 4. III. to accuse, reprove, convict; arguere :-- Hwylc eówer ascúnaþ me for synne quis ex vobis arguet me de peccato? Jn. Bos. 8, 46. a-scunian

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛋᚳᚢᚾᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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