Smirwung

Part of speech: smiring (-ung), e;

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1 smirwung

f. I. anointing, unction :-- Ðus cwæð se apostol be ðære smyrunge seócra manna, L. Ælfc. C. 32; Th. ii. 354, 27. Gif se seóca man girnþ ðæt man hine smerige, hé dó ðonne his andetnesse ǽr ðare smerunge, and gif hé æfter ðare smyrunge hál wurð, hé mót flǽsces brúcan. On ðare smyrunge biþ lǽcedðm, L. Ælfc. P. 47, 48; Th. ii. 384, 27-32. II. an ointment :-- Smiring cassia, Ps. Surt. 32, 9. Smyring unguentum, Ps. Spl. 132, 2. Balzaman smiring wið eallum untrumnessum, Lchdm. ii. 174, 7. Smyring, 288, 12. Gif ðú myhtest ǽnig þing fyndan on smyrunge oððe on wyrtum, ðæt ðu myhtest mýne wunde myd gehǽlan, St. And. 28, 17. Smerwunga wyrce of ele and of wermóde, Lchdm. ii. 182, 16. smirwung-,smirwung

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Runic Inscription

ᛋᛗᛁᚱᚹᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

L.: Latin

Works & Authors

C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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