Ge-canc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-canc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-canc

n. [?] A mock, gibe; ludibrium, vituperium, Som : Hpt. Gl. 441, 510. [Cf. Icel. kank, n; kank-yrði gibes; kankast to jeer, gibe; cank to talk of anything, to cackle, Halliwell : Scot. cangle to quarrel.] ge-canc

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚳᚪᚾᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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