Stencan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - stencan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- stencan
- p. te To scatter :-- Se ðe ne somnaþ se stenceþ qui non congregat, spargit, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 30. Ðú somnast ðǽr ðú ne strenctæs (stenctes?, sprenctæs?) congregas ubi non sparsisti, 25, 24. Ðú stenctest (swenctest?) ða elðeódgan folc and hý áwurpe afflixisti populos et expulisti eos, Ps. Th. 43, 3. [Goth. ga-staggkwan to dash: Icel. stökkva to cause to spring, sprinkle: Dan. stænke to sprinkle: Swed. stänka to sprinkle, scatter.] to spring. stencan