Deád-spring

Old English Dictionary Entry

Deád-spring

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 deád-spring

m. [spring an ulcer] A malignant ulcer, carbuncle; carbuncŭlus :-- Wið wúnda and wið deádspringas for wounds and ulcers, Herb. 4, 2; Lchdm. i. 90, 5; 9, 2; Lchdm. i. 100, 1: 87, 3; Lchdm. i. 190, 24: 91, 7; Lchdm. i. 200, 17. dead-spring

Runic Inscription

ᛞᛖᚪᛞ-ᛋᛈᚱᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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