Nesan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Nesan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ge-nesan. nesan

Definitions

1 nesan

p. næs ; pl. nǽson ; pp. nesen To be saved from, to escape from :-- Ðam ðe mid sceolon mereflód nesan those who are to be saved with you from the flood (the living creatures in the ark with Noah), Cd. Th. 81, 7; Gen. 1341.

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛖᛋᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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