Old English Dictionary Entry

Seófung

Part of speech: e; Related words: Kmbl. 23. Ic ne mæg ádreohan ðíne seófunga for ðam lytlan ðe ðú forlure. Bt. 11. 1, Fox 30, 20. Forlǽtan ða seófunga his eormþa

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1 seófung

f. Lamenting, complaining, complaint:-- Hwí biþ elles swelc seófung and swelce dómas unde forenses querimoniae ? Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 16. Ðis is seó ealde siófung ðe ðú longe siófodost (siófodes, Cott. MS.) vetus haec est querela, 41, 3 ; Fox 246, 25. Ne beó dó tó ceástful; of irsunge wyxt seófung. Promiseras fugare querelas, 29, 3; Fox 106, 20: Met. 16, 7.

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Runic Inscription

ᛋᛖᚩᚠᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)

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