Gást-gedál

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gást-gedál

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: gǽst-gedál, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 gást-gedál

n. Separation of soul and body, death; anĭmæ et corpŏris divortium, mors :-- Ðá he ðas woruld þurh gástgedál ofgyfan sceolde when he must give up this world through death, Cd. 55;Th. 68, 33; Gen. 1127 : Exon. 45 a; Th. 153, 32; Gú. 834. gast-gedal

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚪᛋᛏ-ᚷᛖᛞᚪᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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