Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-byrde

Part of speech: -bierde;

Definitions

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1 ge-byrde

adj. Inborn, innate, natural; innatus, ingenitus, naturalis :-- Ne him nis gebyrde ðæt hí ðé folgien it is not natural to them that they should follow thee, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 40, 34. Him gebyrde is ðæt he géncwidas gleáwe hæbbe to him it is natural that he should have prudent replies, Elen. Kmbl. 1183; El. 593. ge-byrde

Similar Words

-gal
-gale (-a)
-galness
-gangendlic
-gealla

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᚣᚱᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
El.: Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)

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