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Old English Dictionary Entry

Swinge. I

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1 swinge. I

add :-- His seón swýðe þeóstrodon. Þá hrepode Martinus mid ánre swingan (Martin gave the man a slight stroke?) and eall seó sárnis him sóna fram gewát ... þurh Martines hrepunge, Hml. S. 31, 589. II. add :-- ꝥte ðá sóðfæstnis ðerscingra l swinca dyde áwoerdeno ut quos justitia verberum faecit afflictos, Rtl. 40, 29. ꝥ mód byð mid manigum swingum forseted mens tot flagellis premitur, Gr. D. 258, 28.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚹᛝᛖ. ᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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