Ge-wring

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-wring

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-wring

n. [ge-wringan comprimere, wringan to wring, torquere] What one can wring or press out, drink, strong drink; potus, sicera = σίκερα :-- Sicera ælces cynnes [MS. kynnes] gewring bútan wíne and wætere what one can press out of every kind, except wine and water, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 61, 120; Wrt. Voc. 27, 48. ge-wring

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ᚷᛖ-ᚹᚱᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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