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Old English Dictionary Entry

Gamel(-ol)

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1 gamel(-ol)

Add: I. of great age. (1) of persons :-- Ic eom gomel wintrum, Ps. Th. 70, 16. Gomol bid snoterost, fyrngeárum frōd, sē þe ǣr fela gebīdeþ, Gn. C. II. (2) of things :-- Sweord, gomele lāfe, B. 2563. II. ancient, of a time long past :-- Gomele gefyrn ealra cyninga cyning sægdon tōweard, Cri. 135. gamel-ol
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚪᛗᛖᛚ(-ᚩᛚ)

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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