Mis-spówan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mis-spówan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 mis-spówan

to succeed badly :-- Hé sǽde ðæt hit ðæm cyninge læsse edwit wǽre, gif ðæm folce búton him misspeówe if it went ill with the people when he was not with them, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 82, 34. mis-spowan

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛁᛋ-ᛋᛈᚩᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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