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Old English Dictionary Entry

From-swícan

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1 from-swícan

p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen To withdraw, desert; desciscĕre, desĕrĕre :-- Ðeáh ðe he him fromswice though he had withdrawn from them, Cd. 46; Th. 58, 31; Gen. 954. Ða leóde him fromswicon the nations deserted him, Cd. 93; Th. 119, 18; Gen. 1981. from-swican
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚱᚩᛗ-ᛋᚹᛁᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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