Wīsan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wīsan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: gin-wīsed; wīsian. wisan

Definitions

1 wīsan

p. de To shew :-- Ðeóden wīsde herepad tō dære heán byrig eorlum eldeódigum, Cd. Th. 218, 5; Dan. 35. [O. Sax. wīsian; p. wīsda to shew (he im te hebanrīkea thena weg wīsit, Hel. 1872): O. H. Ger. wīsen; p. wīsta : Icel. vīsa; p. vīsti.]

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᛋᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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