Un-scende

Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-scende

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -scynde; Related words:

Definitions

1 un-scende

adj. Without disgrace, honourable, noble :-- Ælfheres láf (a coat of mail) golde geweorðod, ealles unscende, æðelinges reáf, Wald. 96; Vald. 2, 20. Gife unscynde a noble gift (the nails from the cross), Elen. Kmbl. 2400; El. 1201: 2492; El. 1247. Eów Dryhten geaf dóm unscyndne, 730; El. 365. Se him dóm forgeaf, unscyndne blǽd, Cd. Th. 263, 16; Dan. 763. [O. H. Ger. un-scant non ignominiosus.] un-scende

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ᚢᚾ-ᛋᚳᛖᚾᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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