Be-swincan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-swincan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 be-swincan

p. -swanc, pl. -swuncon; pp. -swuncen To toil, labour, make with toil; laborare :-- Ic sende eów to rípanne, ðæt ðæt ge ne be-swuncon; óðre swuncon, and ge eódon on hyra geswinc ego misi vos metere quod vos non laborastis; alii laboraverunt, et vos in labores eorum introistis, Jn. Bos. 4, 38. Ðæt hrægl is beswuncen laboratur vestis, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 48. be-swincan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᚹᛁᚾᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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