Fléwsa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fléwsa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

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1 fléwsa

m. [flówan to flow] A flowing, flux; fluxus :-- Wið innoþes fléwsan for flux of inwards, Herb. 53, 2; Lchdm. i. 156, 14: Med. ex Quadr. 6, 9; Lchdm. i. 352, 15. Wið wífes fléwsan for flux of a woman, Herb. 89, 2; Lchdm. i. 192, 12: 128; Lchdm. i. 240, 2: 178, 6; Lchdm. i. 312, 10. Ðý sylfan dæge hyt ðone fléwsan belúceþ eōdem die fluxum comprĭmet, 178, 6; Lchdm. i. 312, 16: 175, 3; Lchdm. i. 308, 1. Heó ða fléwsan gewríþ it stops the flux, 128; Lchdm. i. 240, 5. flewsa

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ᚠᛚᛖᚹᛋᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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