Be-sincan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-sincan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: sincan. be-sincan

Definitions

1 be-sincan

p. -sanc, pl. -suncon; pp. -suncen To sink; submergere, demergere :-- Seó burh besanc on eorþan the city sank into the earth, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 75, 32. Twá byrig on eorþan besuncon two cities sunk into the earth, Ors. 3, 2; Bos. 54. 43. Wæs ic swíðe besuncen I was, deeply sunk, Exon. 103 b; Th. 392, 5; Rä. 11, 3.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᛁᚾᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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