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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-swencness

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1 ge-swencness

f. Labour, hardship, trouble, distress :-- Ús wæs swælc geswencnis mid deórum becymen tantus oriebatur tumultus, Nar. 14, 30. Ne sprǽce hé . . . be Lazares geswencnesse (contritione), þá þá hé cwæð ꝥ hé onféncge manige yfel on his lífe. Gr. D. 310, 27. For þám þingum swá monigra geswencnissa ꝥ wé ealle þá niht férdon mid þurste gewǽcte, Nar. II. 29. Swá monigra geswencnissa and earfeðo, 14. 23. ge-swencness
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Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᚹᛖᚾᚳᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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