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Swinc

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1 swinc

n. Swink (this form is used in the 16th century, labour, trouble, affliction :-- Erian se ðe hine gesihþ swincu mǽste him ongeán cumaþ he that in a dream sees himself ploughing, very great troubles are coming upon him, Lchdm. iii. 198, 28. Suinca verberum, Rtl. 40, 29.
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ᛋᚹᛁᚾᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc