Scericge

Old English Dictionary Entry

Scericge

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 scericge

f. An actress :-- Sca Pilagia wæs ǽryst mima in Antiochia ðære ceastre, ðæt is scericge (scéwicge (?) cf. sceáwere scurra; or scernicge (?), cf. O. H. Ger. scern scurrilitas, spectaculum; scernari scurra, histrio) on úrum geþeóde, Shrn. 140, 11. scericge

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᛖᚱᛁᚳᚷᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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