Old English Dictionary Entry

A-windan

Part of speech: ic -winde, ðú -wintst, -winst, he -wint, Related words: trans. To wind, bend

Definitions

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1 a-windan

pl. -windaþ; p. -wand, pl. -wundon ; pp. -wunden [a, windan to wind]. I. plectere, torquere :-- Hí him onsetton þyrnenne helm awundenne imponunt ei plectentes spineam coronam, Mk. Bos. 15, 17. II. detrahere :-- Gif him mon ðonne awint of ða cláþas if any man should strip off the clothes from him, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 10: Bt. Met. Fox 25, 44; Met. 25, 22. III. or slip off; labi :-- Gif sió æcs ðonne awient [awint, Cot.] of ðæm hielfe if the axe then slip from the handle, Past. 21, 7; Hat. MS. 32 b, 6. a-windan

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Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚹᛁᚾᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cot.: Cottonian Manuscripts
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Mk.: Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)

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