A-gytan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-gytan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -gitan; Related words:

Definitions

1 a-gytan

p. -geat, pl. -geáton; pp. -gyten, -giten [a from, gitan to get] To discover, know, understand, consider; cognoscere, intelligere, deprehendere :-- Ðæt hit man geornor agytan mǽ ge that it may be better understood, Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 38, 30. Gecýðnyssa ðíne ic ageat testimonia tua intellexi, Ps. Spl. 118, 95, 99: 48, 12. Gif ðonne ǽni-man agiten wurþe if then any one be found, L. N. P. 48; Th. ii. 296, 27. a-gytan

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚷᚣᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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