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Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-swincan

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1 be-swincan

p. -swanc, pl. -swuncon; pp. -swuncen To toil, labour, make with toil; laborare :-- Ic sende eów to rípanne, ðæt ðæt ge ne be-swuncon; óðre swuncon, and ge eódon on hyra geswinc ego misi vos metere quod vos non laborastis; alii laboraverunt, et vos in labores eorum introistis, Jn. Bos. 4, 38. Ðæt hrægl is beswuncen laboratur vestis, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 48. be-swincan
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᚹᛁᚾᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Jn.
Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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