Ge-byrde

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-byrde

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -bierde; Related words:

Definitions

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

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᚣᚱᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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