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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-ahsian

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1 ge-ahsian

p. ode; pp. od To find out by asking, discover, learn, hear; fando accĭpĕre, resciscĕre, discĕre :-- Ðá Latinus hyre wer geahsode when Collatinus her husband heard it, Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 41, 32 : 3, 11; Bos. 75, 26. We geahsodon ðæt úre geféran sume to eów cómon we have heard that some of our fellows have come to you, L. Alf. 40; Th. i. 56, 14, MS. G : Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 74, 41. Gif hine mon geahsige if he be discovered, L. In. 39; Th. i. 126, 10. Hæbbe ic geahsod, dæt . . . I have heard that . . . , Beo. Th. 870; B. 433.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚪᚻᛋᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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