Scip-bryce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Scip-bryce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 scip-bryce

m. Ship-wreck, what comes ashore from wrecks:--Ic habbe gegeofen Ælfwine abbod intó Ramesége . . . scipbryce and ða sǽupwarp on eallen þingen swá wel swá ic hit mé seolf betst habbe bí ða sǽrime áhwǽr in Engelande, Chart. Th. 421, 33. (Cf. L. H. i. 10, 1; Th. i. 519, 4 where among the rights (jura) belonging to the king naufragium is mentioned.) [Cf. Icel. skip-brot wreck drifted ashore.] scip-bryce

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᛁᛈ-ᛒᚱᚣᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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