Hincian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hincian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 hincian

p. ode To limp, hobble, halt: -- Hincodon (? printed luncodon) claudicauerunt, Ps. L. 17, 46. [In support of a verb luncian Lindelöf cites Swed. lunka to jog on ; Norw. lunke, and the dialect (Sheland) lunk to limp. In support of hincian cf. Icel. hinka ; p. aði: O. H. Ger. hinchan; p. nanen claudicare. See also hinca.] hincian

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛁᚾᚳᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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