A-gyltan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-gyltan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -giltan; Related words:

Definitions

1 a-gyltan

p. -gylte, -gilte; pp. -gylt, -gilt [a, gyltan to be guilty] To fail in duty, to commit, become guilty, offend, sin against; delinquere, committere, admittere, peccare :-- Ic agyite ego deliqui, Ps. Th. 118, 67. Agyltan, 74, 4: Ex. 10, 16: Hy. 7, 114: Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 39, 41. Ðæt he agylte on him sylfum ut delinquat in semet ipso, Ps. Spl. 35, 1. Agyltan wið to offend or sin against. Twegen afýryde men agylton wið heora hlaford peccaverunt duo eunuchi domino suo. Gen. 40, 1. a-gyltan

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚷᚣᛚᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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