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Old English Dictionary Entry

Cynning-stán

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1 cynning-stán

m. [cennan II. to try, prove; stán a stone] A trying-stone; tessera :-- Cynning-stán on tæfle a little wooden tower on the side of a gaming-board, hollow and having steps inside, through which the dice were thrown upon the board; pyrgus [ = GREEK ], turricula, Ælfc. Gl. 61; Som. 68, 65; Wrt. Voc. 39, 48. cynning-stan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚣᚾᚾᛝ-ᛋᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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