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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hwirfness

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1 ge-hwirfness

f. I. return, I. 4 :-- Hē wīte-gode on þām sealme be þæs folces gehwyrfnesse of heora hæftnȳde, Ps. Th. 24, arg. II. conversion; in a special sense, the adoption of the monastic life :-- Ðæt munucas āwunien in þǣre hȳrsumnesse þe hié Gode gehēhton in þā tīd heora gehwyrfnesse (-hwyrfe-, ), Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 377, 5. ge-hwirfness
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᚹᛁᚱᚠᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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