Cyne-wíse

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cyne-wíse

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 cyne-wíse

f. [wíse an affair] The state, republic, commonwealth; respublica :-- Se náht freomlíces ongan on ðære cynewísan he began nothing profitable in the state, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 21. Rehte ða cynewísan rempublicam rexit, 1, 5; S. 476, 8. cyne-wise

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚣᚾᛖ-ᚹᛁᛋᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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