Cen-ness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cen-ness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: á-, symbel-cenness. cen-ness

Definitions

1 cen-ness

f. I. child-birth :-- ꝥ sár þǽre cennesse, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 78, 24. II. nativity, birthday :-- Dæg cennisse die natalis, Mt. L. 14, 6. Cennisse his natalis sui, Mk. L. 6, 21.

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛖᚾ-ᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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