Geond-sprengan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Geond-sprengan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 geond-sprengan

p. de; pp. ed To sprinkle over; perspergere, perfudere :-- Se awyrgeda gást ðæs ylcan preóstes heortan and geþanc mid his searwes áttre geondsprengde [-spregde, MS.] the accursed spirit sprinkled over with the poison of his deceit the heart and mind of the same priest, Guthl. 7; Gdwin. 44, 13. Me fugles wyn geond [-sprengde] spéd-dropum the bird's delight [feather] sprinkled me over with copious drops, Rä. 27, 8. geond-sprengan

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛇᚾᛞ-ᛋᛈᚱᛖᛝᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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