Strangung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Strangung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: ge-strangung; strangian. strangung

Definitions

1 strangung

f. I. strengthening, invigorating :-- He (Christ) ne behófode nánes wæstmes ne nánre strangunge on ðære godcundnysse, Homl. Th. i. 150, 5. Mettas ðe célunge and strangunge mægen haebben, Lchdm. ii. 176, 16. Ðæt lyft hé gesceóp tó úres lífes strangunge, Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 17. II. vigor :-- Helias lyfaþ git on líchaman mid langsumre strangunge. Homl. Skt. i. 18, 275.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᚱᚪᛝᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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