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Un-gerisenlíc

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1 un-gerisenlíc

adj. Unseemly, dishonourable, base :-- Is ðæt ungerisenlíc wuldor ðisse worulde and swíþe leás gloria quam fallax, quam turpis est, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 106, 30. Ðeáh ðe ful monige mid gerisenlícum weorcum árísen from eorðan, mid ungerisenlícum gewilnungum ðissa woroldðinga hié hié selfe álecgeaþ on eorðan etsi honesta actione nonnulli quasi a terra se erigunt, ambitione tamen inhonesta semetipsos ad terram deponunt, Past. 21; Swt. 157, 8. Ádó of his móde ungerisenlíce ymbhogan, Bt. 29, 3; Fox 106, 19. Hwæt ungerisenlícre sié ðonne ðæt quo quid turpius excogitari potest? 30, 1; Fox 108, 6. un-gerisenlic
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᚷᛖᚱᛁᛋᛖᚾᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
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