Sneer

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sneer

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: áncor. sneer

Definitions

1 Sneer

m. An anchoret, hermit; anachoreta :-- Mid ðý he leornode be ðám áncerum when he learnt concerning the anchorets, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 22.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚾᛖᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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