Bícnian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bícnian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: bícnigan; Related words: a.

Definitions

1 bícnian

part. bícniende; he bícneþ; p. ode; pp. od; I. to beckon, nod; innuere :-- He wæs bícniende him erat innuens illis, Lk. Bos. 1, 22. Bícnodon hí to his fæder innuebant patri ejus, 1, 62 : 5, 7. II. to indicate, signify, announce, shew; indicare, significare :-- He sceal mid bellan bícnigan ða tída he shall with bells announce the times, L. Ælf. C. 11; Th. ii. 346, 29.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᚳᚾᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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