Ge-swincg

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-swincg

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: ge-swinc. ge-swincg

Definitions

1 ge-swincg

n. Labour, toil; lăbor :-- Léton ealles þeódscipes geswincg ðus leohtlíce forwurðan they let the toil of all the nation thus lightly perish, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 12.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᚹᛁᚾᚳᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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