Un-stenc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-stenc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 un-stenc

m. A bad smell, stench :-- Hý mid nosan ne magon náht geswæccan bútan unstences ormǽtnesse foetor ingenti complet putredine nares, Dóm. L. 207. Niht elles gestincan búton unstenca ormǽtnessa, Wulfst. 139, 8. un-stenc

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᛋᛏᛖᚾᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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