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On-hyscan

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1 on-hyscan

p. te. I. to mock, make a jest of:--Drihten onhnyscþ (? -hyscþ, MS. T.) hine Dominus irridebit eum, Ps. Spl. 36, 13. Ic wénde ðæt hí mec onhyscte illudi me a senibus existimavi, Nar. 25, 22. II. to reproach, abuse, speak ill of:--Ðonne men eów onhiscaþ (exprobaverint), Lk. Skt. 6, 22. Gebiddaþ for ða ðe eów onhyscaþ (-hisceaþ) pro calumniantibus vos, 6, 28. Ðæt man ða onhisce swýðe for worulde and hý unweorðige, Wulfst. 168, 6: 70, 12. III. to detest:--Ic unrihta gehwylc onhyscte iniquitatem abominatus sum, Ps. Th. 118, 163. Hí onhysctan ǽghwylcne mete omnem escam abominata est anima eorum, 106, 17. on-hyscan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚾ-ᚻᚣᛋᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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