Be-swingan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-swingan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 be-swingan

p. -swang, pl. -swungon; pp. -swungen To scourge, beat; flagellare, verberare :-- Ic wæs beswungen ealne dæg fui flagellatus tota die, Ps. Lamb. 72, 14 : Bt. Met. Fox 25, 91; Met. 25, 46. Híg ne beóþ beswungene non flagellabuntur, Ps. Lamb. 72, 5 : Ex. 5, 16. Ic eom beswungen verberor, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 32. Ic eom be-swungen I am beaten; vapulo, 19; Som. 23, 3. be-swingan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᚹᛝᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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