Slincan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Slincan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: next word. slincan

Definitions

1 slincan

p. slanc, pl. sluncon. I. to crawl :-- Eodon ða wyrmas and scluncon wundorlíce; wǽron him ða breóst up gewende, Nar. 14, 8. Slincendes reptantis, Hymn. Surt. 28, 17. Hé gescóp eall wyrmcynn and creópende and fleógende and swymmende and slincgende, Anglia viii. 310, 17. II. fig. to slink away :-- Se earma flýhþ uncræftiga slǽp slincan on hinder, Dóm. L. 240. [Cf. O. H. Ger. slíhhan repere, reptare.]

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ᛋᛚᛁᚾᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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