Port-cwén

Old English Dictionary Entry

Port-cwén

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e ; Related words:

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1 port-cwén

f. A harlot, woman of the town :-- Portcuoene l synnful peccatrix, Lk. Skt. Lind. 7, 37. 39. Mið portcuoenum meretricibus, 15, 30. Portcuoenes meretricis, Rtl. 106, 28, Portcuoene meretrici, 106, 30. Portcuoeno meretrices, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 31, 32. [Cf. Icel. port-kona a harlot; port-hús a brothel; port-lífi prostitution.] port-cwen

Runic Inscription

ᛈᚩᚱᛏ-ᚳᚹᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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