Old English Dictionary Entry

Sanct

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

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1 sanct

m. A saint:--Hé wæs on lífe eorþlíc cing, hé is nú æfter deáþe heofonlíc sanct, Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 10. Ða mynstermenn noldon ðone sanct underfón. Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 149. Hé gesóhte ðone sanct, Glostr. Frag. 6, 8: 8, 10. Ðǽr habbaþ englas eádigne dreám, sanctas singaþ. Cd. Th. 286, 20; Sat. 355: 279, 18; Sat. 240. Ðý ylcan dæge ealra wé healdaþ sancta symbel, Menol. Fox 367; Men. 200. The Latin forms sanctus, sancta (also sancte) are used before proper names:--Sanctus Johannes, se mon Sancte Johannes, Sanctus Johannes líf, Blickl. Homl. 163. Sancta Maria, 5, 30. Sancta Marian (gen.), 165, 27. sanct

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Runic Inscription

ᛋᚪᚾᚳᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.: Earle, J. (editor)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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