Be-ganga

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-ganga

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: bi-gonga, bi-genga, bi-gengea, an; Related words:

Definitions

1 be-ganga

m. An inhabitant, a dweller, cultivator, observer, benefactor, worshipper; incola, cultor :-- Be ǽrran bigengum [begangum MS. B.] of the first inhabitants, Bd. 1, 1 ; S. 473, 7. Þearfena bigenga a benefactor of the poor; cultor pauperum, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 23 : 2, 15; S. 519, 8. DER. land-begenga. be-ganga

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚷᚪᛝᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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