Dunnian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Dunnian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: he dunnaþ, Related words:

Definitions

1 dunnian

pl. dunniaþ; p. ode; pp. od To make of a dun or a dark colour, to obscure, darken; obscūrāre :-- Se móna ða beorhtan steórran dunnaþ [MS. dunniaþ] the moon obscures the bright stars, Bt. 4; Fox 6, 35. dunnian

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚢᚾᚾᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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