Spircan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Spircan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: spircing :-- Hé hét mycel ád ontendan on ymbhwyrfte ðæs mǽdenes and mid pice hí besprencgan and mid spyrcendum ele (

Definitions

1 spircan

I. to sparkle :-- Spircendre scintillante. Hpt. Gl. 429, 42. Spyrcendum scintillantibus, 499, 43. II. to fall in drops. with oil that bespattered her), Homl. Skt. i. 9, 118.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛈᛁᚱᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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