Bi-genga

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bi-genga

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: be-ganga. bi-genga

Definitions

1 bi-genga

m. An inhabitant, dweller, cultivator; incola, cultor :-- Ðæt ðæt Eálond Wiht onféng Cristene bigengan ut Vecta insula Christianos incolas susceperit, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 2. Se árfæsta bigenga ðæs gástlícan landes pius agri spiritalis cultor, 2, 15; S. 519, 8: Deut. Grn. 4. 3. DER. land-bigenga.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁ-ᚷᛖᛝᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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