Pening-weorþ

Old English Dictionary Entry

Pening-weorþ

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -wurþ, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 pening-weorþ

n. A penny-worth :-- Hafa án penigweorþ swefles, Lchdm. iii. 38, 28. Æt ǽlcon gegyldan ǽnne peningc oððe án peningcwurþ weaxes, Chart. Th. 605, 26. Twá hund peningweorþ hláfes, Homl. Th. i. 182, 9. pening-weorþ

Runic Inscription

ᛈᛖᚾᛝ-ᚹᛇᚱᚦ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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