Self-sceaft

Old English Dictionary Entry

Self-sceaft

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 self-sceaft

m. Self-shaping, spontaneous generation, applied to Adam, who had not father and mother :-- Adam maþelode ðǽr hé on eorþan stód selfsceafte guma a man by spontaneous generation. Cd. Th. 33, 20; Gen. 523. self-sceaft

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛖᛚᚠ-ᛋᚳᛠᚠᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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