Hlāford-swīcung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hlāford-swīcung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 hlāford-swīcung

f. Treachery to a lord :-- Ūs mon þanne nēnigre dēda grimlīcor ne mengaþ, þanne þæs saternesdeges weorces . . . būton manslihte and ciricbryca and hlāfordswīcunga, Wlfst. 225, 28. Uton forlǣtan . . . hlāfordswīcunga, Verc. Först. 167. hlaford-swicung

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛚᚪᚠᚩᚱᛞ-ᛋᚹᛁᚳᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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