Hwistlung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hwistlung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: wistle], Lk. L. 15, 25 (

Definitions

1 hwistlung

Add: I. hissing, whistling :-- Leóhtlic hwyslung (sibilus) mæg hors tamcyan, Chrd. 96, 18. thorn-bar; lond hleódrade for þāra wyrma [hw]istlunge sibilabat tota regio, Nar. 13, 22. Mislice fugela hwistlunge, Guth. 48, 5. Nǣddrena hwistlunge sibilos serpentium, Gr. D. 185, 3. II. piping, playing on a pipe [l. (?) wistlung. in Dict.). hwistlung

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ᚻᚹᛁᛋᛏᛚᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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