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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-ádlian

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1 ge-ádlian

p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ádlian to be sick, to languish] To be sick, to languish, become impotent; languescĕre :-- On ðám porticon læg mycel menigeo geádledra in his portĭcis jăcēbat multĭtūdo magna languentium, Jn. Bos. 5, 3. Ðæt úre mód þurh wærscipe wacole beón, ðæt hí þurh orsorhnysse ne asleacion, ne þurh nytennysse geádlion that our minds may be vigilant through heedfulness, that through security they slacken, not, nor through ignorance become impotent, Homl. Th. i. 610, 17. ge-adlian
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚪᛞᛚᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Jn.
Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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