Cirio-tún

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cirio-tún

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 cirio-tún

m. [tún an inclosure] A church-inclosure, church-yard, cemetery; ecclesiæ sepimentum, cœmetērium = GREEK :-- Ne binnan cirictúne ǽnig hund ne cume let not any dog come within the churchyard, L. Edg. C. 26; Th. ii. 250, 7. cirio-tun

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛁᚱᛡ-ᛏᚢᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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