Be-scylian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-scylian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 be-scylian

p. ede; pp. ed To look upon, to regard; intueri :-- Ðú bescylst mid óðre eágan on ða heofenlícan þing, mid óðre ðú lócast on ðás eorþlícan thou lookest with one eye on the heavenly things, and with the other thou lookest on these earthly [things], Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 18. be-scylian

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᚳᚣᛚᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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