Weorold-geswinc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Weorold-geswinc

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 weorold-geswinc

n. Worldly labour or toil:-- Sió friðstów æfter ðissum weoruldgeswincum, Met. 31, 18. Ðyncð him gesuinc ðæt hé bið bútan woroldgesuincium (worldgeswincum, Hatt. MS.) laborem deputant, si in terrenis negotiis non laborant, Past. 18 ; Swt. 129, 1. weorold-geswinc

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛇᚱᚩᛚᛞ-ᚷᛖᛋᚹᛁᚾᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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