Old English Dictionary Entry

Flównys

Part of speech: -nyss, e;

Definitions

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1 flównys

f. A flowing, flux, torrent; fluxus, torrens :-- Ðæt wíf wæs þrówiende blódes flównysse mŭlier fluxum pătiēbātur sanguīnis, Bd. l, 27; S. 494, 5. Burnan oððe flównyssa unrihtwísnyssa gedréfdun me torrentes inīquĭtātis conturbāvērunt me, Ps. Lamb. 17, 5. DER. ofer-flównys. flownys,flow-nys

Similar Words

'feallend-lic
-fá
-fandigendlic
-farenness
-feald

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛚᚩᚹᚾᚣᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)

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