Scenc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Scenc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: medu-scenc. scenc

Definitions

1 scenc

m. A draught, cup :-- Scenc ðú sylst ús potum dabis nobis, Ps. Spl. C. 79, 6. Cælc l scenc wætres caldes calicem aquae frigidae, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 42. Drince scenc fulne, Lchdm. ii. 116, 21. Genim ðysse ylcan wyrte seáw ánne scenc (scænc, MS. H.), i. 110, 21. Nim þrý scenceas (scæncas, MS. B.) gódes wínes, 90, 19: 110, 10. [He lette heom bringen schenches of feole cunne drenches, Laym. 13461. M. H. Ger. shanc a cup.]

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᛖᚾᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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