Lyft-lácende

Old English Dictionary Entry

Lyft-lácende

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 lyft-lácende

sporting or playing in the air, moving hither and thither in the air :-- Ic bidde ðæt ðú mé gecýðe hwæt ðes þegu sý lyftlácende, Exon. 69 b; Th. 259, 12; Jul. 281. Forlǽt réc ástígan lyftlácende, Elen. Kmbl. 1588; El. 796. Síð tugon lyftlácende took their way in flight through the air [of evil spirits], Exon. 34 b; Th. 110, 31; Gú. 117. Hefonfugelas lyftlácende, Cd. 192; Th. 240, 17; Dan. 388. lyft-lacende

Runic Inscription

ᛚᚣᚠᛏ-ᛚᚪᚳᛖᚾᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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