Ge-swincan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-swincan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: un-geswuncen. ge-swincan

Definitions

1 ge-swincan

I. to labour, toil :-- Ic wundrige hwí swá mænige wíse men swá swíþe geswuncen mid ðǽre sprǽce and swá litel gewis funden, Bt. 41, 4; F. 250, 20. II. to labour under, be afflicted with :-- þonne se ufera dǽl þæs líchoman on ǽnigum sáre oððe on earfeþum geswince, Lch. i. 332, 9.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᚹᛁᚾᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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