Be-singan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-singan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 be-singan

p. -sang, -song, pl. -sungon; pp. -sungen To utter enchantments, to enchant, charm, bewail; excantare incantationibus, deplorare :-- Ne sceal nán man mid galdre wyrte besingan no man shall enchant a herb with magic, Homl. Th. i. 476, 9. Besing enchant, Herb. 93, 2; Lchdm. i. 202, 13. Ge sceolon weán wópe besingan ye shall bewail torment with weeping, Exon. 41 b; Th. 139, 3; Gú. 587. be-singan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᛝᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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