Old English Dictionary Entry

Cear-gǽ

Part of speech: st, -gést, es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 cear-gǽ

m. A spirit of anxiety, fearful ghost; terribilis spiritus :-- In lyft astág ceargǽsta [MS. ceargesta] cirm in the air arose a cry of fearful ghosts or spirits, Exon. 38a; Th. 125, 34; Gú. 364. cear-gæ

Similar Words

-cafstrian
-cirre
-clips
-cnáwe
-cnáwlíce

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛠᚱ-ᚷǽ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Exon.: Exeter Book
Gú.: Guthlac (OE poem)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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