Ge-swiporness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-swiporness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -swiforness, -swioporness, e; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-swiporness

f. Craft, cunning, art: versutia :-- Ðæs deófles geswipornysse syndon swíðe unasecgendlíce the devil's arts are quite indescribable, Shrn. 38, 35. Ðæs ealdan feóndes geswifornis the old enemy's cunning, 37, 14. Se ðe wiste geswipernise [-swiopornisse, Rush.] hiora qui sciens versutiam eorum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 15. ge-swiporness

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᚹᛁᛈᚩᚱᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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