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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-wring

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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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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚹᚱᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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