Fore-gehátan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fore-gehátan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 fore-gehátan

to order:--Foregehéht praecipit, Mt. p. 14, 11: praecepit, 18, 9. (2) to promise:--Hiá foregehéhton him feh þte hiá sealla walldon promiserunt ei pecuniam se daturos, Mk. L. R. 14, 11. [Goth. faura-gahaitans promised before.] fore-gehatan

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱᛖ-ᚷᛖᚻᚪᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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