Cenep

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cenep

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: note ii. 246).

Definitions

1 cenep

m. I. a bit of a bridle :-- Cenepum lupatis (cf. the gloss of the same passage in An. Ox. 12 :-- Lupatis, frenis, mídlum), Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 4. II. a moustache :-- Cambas cenepes cristas cerebri, Germ. 401, 117. Leófgár werede his kenepas on his preóstháde, Chr. 1056; P. 186, 25 (For the two meanings cf. (?) Germ. knebel, knebelbart. N. E. D. camp, kemp. O. Frs. kenep: Icel. kanpr.] cenep

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛖᚾᛖᛈ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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