Beácnung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Beácnung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: býcnung, beácneng, e; Related words:

Definitions

1 beácnung

f. I. a BECKONING or nodding; nutus, Cot. 139. II. a speaking by tropes or figures; tropologia, Cot. 201. beacnung

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖᚪᚳᚾᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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