Inwit-gyren

Old English Dictionary Entry

Inwit-gyren

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e ; Related words:

Definitions

1 inwit-gyren

f. A treacherous snare :-- Forhýddon mé oferhýdge inwitgyrene absconderunt superbi laqueos mihi, Ps. Th. 139, 5. inwit-gyren

Runic Inscription

ᛁᚾᚹᛁᛏ-ᚷᚣᚱᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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