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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-blǽdfæstness

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1 ge-blǽdfæstness

f. Prosperity, success :-- Ðá gemétte ic sumne man þe mé þrý penegas sealde, mid þám ic mé þrý hláfas bohte; þá ic mé hæfde genóh gehýðe tó mínes síðfætes geblǽdfæstnysse (I had abundantly what was of advantage to the success of my journey. The Latin has: . . . dicens, Accipe haec nonna. Ego autem accipiens, tres ex eis panes comparavi, et hoc accepi benedictioni mei itineris congruos), Glostr. Frg. 108, 26 (see note, p. 115); Hml. S. 23 b, 492. ge-blædfæstness
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᛚǽᛞᚠᚫᛋᛏᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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