Lencten-tíma

Old English Dictionary Entry

Lencten-tíma

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 lencten-tíma

m. I. spring-time, spring :-- Lengtentíma and cildiugoð geþwǽrlǽcað . . . Lengtentíma ys wǽt and wearm, Angl. viii. 299, 25-28. Lententíma vernale tempus, An. Ox. 3837. II. the season of Lent :-- Lǽsse pleoh bið þám Crístenan men þæt hé flǽsces brúce on Lenctentíman, þonne hé wífes brúce, Hml, Th. ii. 608, 18. lencten-tima

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛖᚾᚳᛏᛖᚾ-ᛏᛁᛗᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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