Hémed-scipe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hémed-scipe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: hǽmed-dreám. hemed-scipe

Definitions

1 hémed-scipe

Substitute: (1) in a good sense, the state of matrimony :-- Hǽmedscipes gemánan hymenei l connubii commercio, Hpt. Gl. 482, 7. (2) in a bad sense, cohabitation without marriage :-- Hǽmed-rimes l [hæmed]scipes lenocinii, seductionis, Hpt. Gl. 521, 40.

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᛗᛖᛞ-ᛋᚳᛁᛈᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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