Fót-sceanca

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fót-sceanca

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: l.

Definitions

1 fót-sceanca

m. The leg from the knee downwards, the shank :-- Nim blæces hundes deádes þone swýþran fótscancan (fóten (fótes?) sceancan, ), Lch. i. 362, 27. fot-sceanca

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᛏ-ᛋᚳᛠᚾᚳᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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