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Malscrung

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1 malscrung

f. Bewitching, fascination :-- Malscrung fascinatus, i. laudatis stultæ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 7 : fescinatio, 108, 23. Wið malscrunge, Lchdm. iii. 36, 13. Wið feóndes costunga and nihtgengan and maran and malscra (malscrunga?), L. M. 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 13. [O. H. Ger. mascrunc fascinatio, laus stulta : cf. Goth. untila.malsks πρoπετήs : O. Sax. malsk proud : Allit. pms. Þe mon malskred (fascinated, spell-bound) in drede; þat malscrande mere : Will. hou he hade . . malskrid (wandered as under the influence of a charm, mazed) aboute.] malscrung
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛗᚪᛚᛋᚳᚱᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.
German
Goth.
Gothic
L.
Latin
O. Sax.
Old Saxon

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Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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