Mis-cenning

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mis-cenning

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: cennan ;

Definitions

1 mis-cenning

f. A wrong declaration (II. ), a shifting of the ground of an action after it has come into court; the fine for such variation, the right to accept such fines (often the subject of grant by the king) :-- Ice kíðe ðat ice habbe geunnen . . . miskenninge, C. D. iN. E. D. mis-kenning.] mis-cenning

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛁᛋ-ᚳᛖᚾᚾᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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