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Old English Dictionary Entry

Gange-wifre

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1 gange-wifre

f. A ganging weaver, spider; viītĭca arānea :-- Ðú gedést ðæt he aswint on his móde, and wyrþ swá tedre swá swá gangewifran nett thou causest that he dwindles away in his mind, and becomes as frail as a spider's web, Ps. Th. 38, 12. Swindan ðú dydest swá swá gangewæfre [áttercoppan MS. T.] sáwle his tabescĕre fēcisti sīcut arāneam anĭmam ejus, Ps. Spl. 38, 15. gange-wifre
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚪᛝᛖ-ᚹᛁᚠᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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