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Scín, scýn

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1 scín, scýn

p. scíde, scídde (cf. týn, þýn for conjugation) To sky, be afraid :-- Martinus rád gescrýd mid sweartum cláþum; þá scýddon (scýhdon, þá múlas þe ꝥ cræt tugon ðurh his tócyme áfyrhte, Hml. S. 31, 971. [N. E. D. shy; vb. O. H. Ger. sciuhen perhorrescere.] Cf. sceóh. scin-,scin,scyn
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᛁᚾ, ᛋᚳᚣᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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