For-spillednes

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-spillednes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; Related words:

Definitions

1 for-spillednes

f. [forspilled, pp. of forspillan to spill; -nes, -ness] A spilling, waste, perdition, destruction; perdĭtio :-- Forhwí wæs ðisse sealfe forspillednes geworden ut quid perdĭtio ista unguenti facta este Mk. Bos. 14, 4. Ne forwearþ hyra nán, búton forspillednysse beam nēmo ex eis pĕriit, nĭsi fīlius perdĭtiōnis. Jn. Bos. 17, 12. Se weg is swíðe rúm ðe to forspillednesse gelǽt spatiōsa via est, quæ dūcit ad perdĭtiōnem. Mt. Bos. 7, 13. for-spillednes

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛋᛈᛁᛚᛚᛖᛞᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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