A-swundennes

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-swundennes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; Related words: a-swindan. a-swundennes

Definitions

1 a-swundennes

f. Slothfulness, idleness; inertia :-- His líf toscǽgde fram ussa tíðe aswundennysse vita illius a nostri temporis segnitia distabat, Bd. 3, 5 ; S. 526, 35.

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛋᚹᚢᚾᛞᛖᚾᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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