Be-scínan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-scínan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 be-scínan

p. -scán; pp. -scinen To shine upon, illuminate; collustrare, illuminare :-- Mec heaðosigel bescíneþ the glorious sun shines upon me, Exon. 126 b; Th. 486, 18; Rä. 72, 17. be-scinan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᚳᛁᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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