Wining

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wining

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 wining

m. A band for the leg :-- Winingc fascia, wyncgas ( = winincgas ?) vallegias, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 7. 9. Ðonne ðú wynyngas habban wille, ðonne dó ðú mid ðínum twám handum onbútan ðíne sceancan, Techm. ii. 127, 10. [Cf. (?) O. L. Ger. winding : O. H. Ger. winting fascia, fasciola, fasciale: Icel. vindingr strip wound round the leg instead of hose.] wining

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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