Hrícian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hrícian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: tó-hrícian. hrician

Definitions

1 hrícian

p. ode To cut open:--Hí man holdode and hí ealle hrícode (the MS. has the accent); swilce óðer wæterflód swá fleów heora blód, Hml. S. 23, 73. Hrýcigende resulcans (cf. manus resulcans, iterum aperiens, the passage is the same in both cases, An. Ox. 46, 49), Germ. 398, 144.

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚱᛁᚳᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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