Ge-swicn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-swicn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-swicn

f. A cleansing, clearance; purgātio :-- Náh he ða geswicne he shall not have the clearance, L. In. 15; Th. i. 112, 5, MSS. B. H. [Cf. Goth. swiknei purity: Icel. sykna blamelessness.] ge-swicn

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᚹᛁᚳᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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