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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-sincan

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1 ge-sincan

p. -sanc, -sonc, pl. -suncon; pp. -suncen To sink; delābi :-- Him in gesonc flacor flánþracu the flickering arrow's force sank into him, Exon. 49 b; Th. 170, 22; Gú. 1115. Ðá ne meahton hí on ðæm wætere gesincan then they could not sink in the water, Shrn. 103, 19. ge-sincan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᛁᚾᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Gú.
Guthlac (OE poem)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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