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Old English Dictionary Entry

Feoh-gítsung

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1 feoh-gítsung

f. Avarice, covetousness, miserliness:--Monig mon déð micel fæsten and hæfð ðone hlísan ðæt hé hit dó for forhæfdnesse, and déð hit ðeáh for hneáwnesse and for feohgítsunge (-gídsunge) saepe sub parsimoniae nomine se tenacia palliat, Past. 149, 6. For feohgýtsunge (feó-, feágítsunge, ) forleósan amore pecuniae perdere, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 160, 12. feoh-gitsung
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛇᚻ-ᚷᛁᛏᛋᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
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