Ge-brosnung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-brosnung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -borsnung, e; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-brosnung

f. [ge-, brosnung corruption] A decaying, corruption; corruptio :-- Hí hire líchoman gemétton swá ungewemmedne and swá gesundne, swá swá heó wæs fram gebrosnunge lícumlícre willnunge clǽne and unwemme intĕmĕrātum corpus invēnēre, ut a corruptiōne concŭpiscentiæ carnālis ĕrat immūne, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 36: 3, 19; S. 550. 15. ge-brosnung

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᚱᚩᛋᚾᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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