For-wisnian

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-wisnian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 for-wisnian

p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad To wither or wizen away, dry up, decay; marcescĕre, arescĕre, tābescĕre, putrescĕre :-- Wyrt forwisnaþ, weorþeþ to duste herba indūret, et arescat, Ps. Th. 89, 6: 101, 23. Ðæt biþ forwisnad wraðe sóna, ǽr hit afohten foldan losige quod priusquam evellātur, arescit, 128, 4. To hwan drehtest ðú me eal forwisnad wherefore didst than torture me all decayed? Soul Kmbl. 36; Seel. 18. for-wisnian

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᚹᛁᛋᚾᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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