For-cwysan

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-cwysan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 for-cwysan

p. de; pp. ed To shake violently; conquassāre :-- He for-cwysde heáfda on eorþan manigra he shook violently the heads of many in the earth, Ps. Spl. 109, 7. for-cwysan

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᚳᚹᚣᛋᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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