Úse

Old English Dictionary Entry

Úse

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Wúse, an; Ús ( Related words: 226, 14. Up on Úsan óð Wætlinga-strǽt, L. A. G. i; Th. i. 152, 10. Eall hira land betwuh dícum and Wúsan, Chr. 905; Erl. 98, 20. Betwyx Úsan and Tréntan, 1069; Erl. 207, 16. See, too :-- In Úsanmere

Definitions

1 Úse

or Úse; indecl.?), e; f. The name of several rivers in England, Ouse :-- Andlang Úsan óð hí cómon tó Bedanforda, Chr. 1010; Erl. 143, 33. Of Úsan up on Wilbaldes fleót ... On Úsan; andlang Úsan (the charter refers to Northamptonshire). Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii, 454, 14-25. Landgemǽre æt Ollanége ... In on Úse; andlang Úse, 170, 22-31. Tó Úse stæðe (cf. uulgare prisco usu nomen imposuerunt Use, l. 2), Ousemere (in Warwickshire), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 375, 9. In provincia Usmerorum (some part of Worcestershire), i. 154, 20. In aliis multis locis; hoc est ... aet Stúre in Úsmérum,173, 18, 34. Of Úsmere ... on Úsmere, vi. 68, 14. use

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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