Old English Dictionary Entry

Of-swingan

Definitions

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1 of-swingan

to scourge to death :-- Sume hié ofslógon sume ofswungon sume wið feó gesealdon omnes bello utiles caesi, reliqui pretio venditi sunt, Ors. 4, I ; Swt. 154, 8. of-swingan

Similar Words

oancettan
oandell
oanon-dóm
oawel-leáf
oc

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠ-ᛋᚹᛝᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader

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