Rún-wita

Old English Dictionary Entry

Rún-wita

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 rún-wita

m. I. a privy councillor, one acquainted with a person's secrets :-- Deád is Æschere mín rúnwita and mín rǽdbora, Beo. Th. 2654; B. 1325. II. one acquainted with mysteries, a sage :-- Róf rúnwita (Guthlac), Exon. Th. 167, 30; Gú. 1068. run-wita

Runic Inscription

ᚱᚢᚾ-ᚹᛁᛏᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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