Ge-scénan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-scénan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ge-scǽnan. ge-scenan

Definitions

1 ge-scénan

p. de; pp. ed To break, bruise, wound; contĕrĕre, vulnĕrāre :-- Hí woldon ǽninga heafolan gescénan they would at once wound the head, Andr. Kmbl. 2286; An. 1144. Forðon he ǽren dór gesceeneþ quia contrivit portas æreas, Ps. Th. 106, 15.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᚳᛖᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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