Tungol-wítega

Old English Dictionary Entry

Tungol-wítega

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 tungol-wítega

m. One who prophesies by means of the stars, an astrologer:--Tungelwítega astrologus vel magus vel mathematicus, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 14: mathematicus, 60, 12. Ðá cómon ða tungolwítegan (Magi) fram eástdǽle, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 1. Tungelwítegan, 2, 10: Homl. Th. i. 78, 5: Chr. 2; Erl. 4, 28. Tuncgelwítegana, steorgleáwra mathematicorum, Hpt. Gl. 467, 74. Æfter ðære tíde ðe hé geáxode fram ðám tungolwítegum (Magis; drýum, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 2, 16. Hé clypode on sundersprǽce ða tungelwítegan, 2, 7: Homl. Th. i. 78, 17. tungol-witega

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚢᛝᚩᛚ-ᚹᛁᛏᛖᚷᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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