Hwatung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hwatung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: 19; Th. ii. 210, 11. v. hwat. hwatung

Definitions

1 hwatung

f. Divination :-- Álýfed nys ídele hwatunga tó begánnepermissum non est vanas divinationes exercere, L. Ecg. P. ii. 23, title; Th. ii. 180, 36. Nis ná sóðlíce álýfed nánum cristenum men ðæt hé ídele hwatungá begá swá hǽðene men dóþ dæt is ðæt hig gelýfon on sunnan and on mónan and on steorrena ryne and sécon tída hwatunga hyra þing tó begynnanne homini christiano certe non est permissum vana auguria facere, uti gentiles faciunt, id est, quod credant in solem et lunam, et in cursum stellarum; et auguria temporum exquirant, ad negotia sua incipienda, 23; Th. ii. 190, 30-3. Gif hwá hwatunga begá si quis divinationes exerceat, i

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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