Weá-tácn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Weá-tácn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 weá-tácn

n. A sign of misery, a woeful signal :-- Nis þǽr on ðam londe, ne wóp ne wracu, weátácen nán, yldu ne yrmðu, Exon. Th. 201, 5; Ph. 51. Wæs ðæt weátácen geond ða burh bodad, ðæt hié ðæs cnihtes cwealm gesóhton. Andr. Kmbl. 2239; An. 1121. wea-tacn

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛖᚪ-ᛏᚪᚳᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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