Hyht-wynn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hyht-wynn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 hyht-wynn

f. Joy of hope :-- Ne þearf hé hopian nó ðæt hé ðonan móte ac dǽr wunian sceal hyhtwynna leás no need has he to hope that he may go thence, but there shall he dwell hopeless and joyless, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 14; Jud. 121. hyht-wynn

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚣᚻᛏ-ᚹᚣᚾᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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