Mycgern

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mycgern

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 mycgern

fat about the kidneys :-- Micgern exugium, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 10: exugia, ii. 30, 13. Micgerne exugia i. minctura, 146, 31. Rysele, mycgern axungia; micgern arvina, i. adeps l UNCERTAIN pinguedo. Hpt. Gl. 471, 4-7. [Leo suggests borrowing from Welsh mychiryn lard.] mycgern

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ᛗᚣᚳᚷᛖᚱᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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