Spynge

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - spynge

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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spynge
f. A sponge:--Elpendes hýd wile drincan wǽtan gelíce and spynge déþ (tanquam spongia), Ors. 5, 7; Swt. 230, 27. Hí bewundon áne spyngan (spingan, MS. B.) mid ysopo, Jn. Skt. 19, 29 MS. A. Spingan, Mk. Skt. 15, 36. Spincgan, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 32. Spync l Spynga, Lind.: spynge, Rush. Mt. Kmbl. 27, 46.

Related words: sponge. spynge

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