Nihstnig

Old English Dictionary Entry

Nihstnig

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 nihstnig

fasting (?) :-- Eft hý (monks) gaderiaþ hý on nixtnig, ðæt hý raca gehýren æt heora fæder ... Hý siððan heora líchoman gereordaþ, R. Ben. 138, 2-8. nihstnig

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ᚾᛁᚻᛋᛏᚾᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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