On-windan

Old English Dictionary Entry

On-windan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 on-windan

I. to unwind, unfasten, loosen :-- Ðonne forstes bend Fæder onlǽteþ, onwindeþ wælrápas, Beo. Th. 3224; B. 1610. Báncofan onband, breóstlocan onwand, Elen. Kmbl. 2498; El. 1250. II. to retire, retreat :-- Hærn eft onwand ... wædu swæðorodon, Andr. Kmbl. 1062; An. 531. on-windan

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚾ-ᚹᛁᚾᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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