á-cenness

Old English Dictionary Entry

á-cenness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: , e; Related words: á-cennedness. a-cenness

Definitions

1 á-cenness

f. Birth, nativity :-- Úres Dryhtnes ácennes, Ors. 1, 14 S. 58, 11. Geðence hé ðá æðelu ðǽre æfterran ácennesse, ðæt is on ðǽm fulluhte nobilitatem intimae regenerationis aspiciat, Past. 85, 15. Fram Crístes ácennesse, Chr. P. p. 2, 2. On ðǽm eahteþan dæge æfter his ácennysse, Shrn. 47, 21 : 48, 9.

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚳᛖᚾᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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