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Ge-fégan

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1 ge-fégan

p. de; pp. ed; jungĕre, conjungĕre, compingĕre, compōnĕre :-- Con he sídne ræced fæste gefégan he can firmly compact the spacious dwelling, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 8; Crä. 48 : 79 a; Th. 297, 10; Crä. 66. Ic ða ged ne mæg gefégean I cannot compose the songs, Bt. Met. Fox 2, 11; Met. 2, 6. Ic gefége compōno, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 57. Conjunctio gefégþ togædere ǽgðer ge naman ge word a conjunction joins together both nouns and verbs, 5; Som. 3, 48, 51 : Bt. 21; Fox 74, 37. Se geféhþ fela folca tosomne he joins many people together, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 177; Met. 11, 89. Gefég ðás bricas join these fragments, Homl. Th. i. 62, 7. Ne weorþaþ hí nǽfre tosomne geféged they are never united together, Bt. 16, 63; Fox 56, 7 : Bt. Met. Fox 20, 231; Met. 20, 116 : 20, 241; Met. 20, 121. Gifoega sociare, conciliare, Rtl. 104, 12 : 74, 18. ge-fegan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚠᛖᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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