Scrift-scír

Old English Dictionary Entry

Scrift-scír

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e ; Related words: riht-scriftscír. scrift-scir

Definitions

1 scrift-scír

f. The district in which a confessor exercises his functions :-- Gif préost on his scriftscíre ǽnigne man wite Gode oferhýre, L. Edg. C. 6 ; Th. ii. 244, 22 : 9; Th. ii. 246, 12 : 15 ; Th. ii. 246, 26. Sacerda gehwylc on his scriftscíre, Wulfst. 79, 17. Sacerdum gebyreþ on heora scriftscírum, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 38: 19; Th. ii. 326, 2.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᚱᛁᚠᛏ-ᛋᚳᛁᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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