Ge-scendnys

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-scendnys

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -scyndnys, se; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-scendnys

f. A confounding; confusio :-- Gescendnys, Ps. Spl. 43, 17: 34, 30. Ðone deófol ðe ða synfullan gelǽt to gescyndnysse. Babilonia seó Chaldeisca burh is gereht gescyndnys the devil that leads the sinful to confusion. Babylon, the Chaldean city, is interpreted 'confusion,' Homl. Th. ii. 66, 21. ge-scendnys

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ᚷᛖ-ᛋᚳᛖᚾᛞᚾᚣᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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