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Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-cáfscipe

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1 un-cáfscipe

m. Inactivity, sluggishness; ignavia :-- Ðá féng Nero tó ríce; se æt néxtan forlét Brytene ígland for his uncáfscipe (cf. se náht freomlíces ongan on ðære cynewísan, ac ... hé Breotona ríce forlét nihil omnino in re militari ausus est ... Brittaniam pene amisit, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 20), Chr. 47; Erl. 7, 26. un-cafscipe
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᚳᚪᚠᛋᚳᛁᛈᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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