Ge-cwéme

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-cwéme

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-cwéme

adj. [cwéme pleasant, pleasing] Pleasant, pleasing, grateful, acceptable, fit; jŏcundus, grātus, plăcĭtus, complăcĭtus, acceptus :-- Noe wæs Gode gecwéme and gife ætfóran him gemétte Noe invēnit grātiam coram Domĭno, Gen. 6, 8. Seó wæs Criste gecwéme she was acceptable to Christ, Exon. 69 b; Th. 258, 2; Jul. 259 : Elen. Kmbl. 2097; El. 1050. Gecwéme sý him spræc mín jŏcundum sit ei elŏquĭum meum, Ps. Spl. 103. 35. Forðam hyt wæs swá gecwéme befóran ðé quoniam sic fuit plăcĭtum ante te, Mt. Bos. 11, 26 : Jn. Bos. 8, 29. Ðǽr is bráde land in heofonríce Criste gecwémra there is a spacious land in heaven's kingdom of the grateful to Christ, Cd. 218; Th. 278, 5; Sat, 217. Gecwémre complăcĭtior, Ps. Spl. 76, 7. Swá him gecwémast wæs as was most pleasing to him, H. R. 103, 6. [Laym, A. R. i-queme pleasing. Cf. O. H. Ger. biquáme : Ger. bequem.] ge-cweme

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ᚷᛖ-ᚳᚹᛖᛗᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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