Weá-cwánian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Weá-cwánian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 weá-cwánian

p. ode To lament, wail :-- Deófla weácwánedon mán and moiður. Cd. Th. 284, 12; Sat. 320. [Cf. Goth. wai-fairhwjan ejulare: Ger. weh-klagen.] wea-cwanian

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛖᚪ-ᚳᚹᚪᚾᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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