ágenung

Old English Dictionary Entry

ágenung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: ágnung, ahnung, e; Related words:

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1 ágenung

f. An OWNING, a possessing, possession, ownership, claiming as one's own, power or dominion over anything; possessio, dominium :-- Gif getrýwe gewitnes him to ágenunge rýmþ; forðam ágnung biþ nér ðam ðe hæfþ, ðonne ðam ðe æfter-sprecþ if a true witness make way for him to possession; because possession is nearer to him who has, than to him who claims, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 20. Be ðære ahnnnge respecting ownership, L. Ed. 1; Lambd. 38, 25. agenung

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ᚪᚷᛖᚾᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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