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Old English Dictionary Entry

Syn-rust

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1 syn-rust

m. The foulness of sin:--Synrust þweán and ðæt wom ǽrran wunde hǽlan to wash away the foulness of sin and to heal the scar of the former wound, Exon. Th. 81, 9; Cri. 1321. [Cf. the line in the Cathemerinon of Prudentius, 'quod limat aegram pectoris rubiginem.' also synne rust peccati rubigo, Scint. 4, 14.] Cf. syn-wund. syn-rust
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚣᚾ-ᚱᚢᛋᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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