Wáse-scite

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wáse-scite

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (cf. (?) scítan), an ; Related words: scyte, wæter-scyte,

Definitions

1 wáse-scite

f. or -scyte (-scite ?), es; m. The cuttle-fish ; or the liquid ejected by the cuttle-fish :-- Cudele vel wásescite sepia, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 6. and other compounds of scyte. wase-scite

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚪᛋᛖ-ᛋᚳᛁᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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