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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-cwémnes

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1 ge-cwémnes

f. A pleasing, satisfaction, appeasing; plăcātio, beneplăcĭtum :-- He ne selþ Gode gecwémnesse his non dăbit Deo plăcātiōnem suam, Ps. Lamb. 48, 8. On gecwémnesse folces ðínes in beneplăcĭto pŏpŭli tui, 105, 4. Tíma gecwémnysse tempus beneplăcĭti, Ps. Spl. 68, 16. Martha wæs geornful ðæt heó ðon Hǽlende to gecwémnesse ðegnode Martha was desirous to minister to the Saviour to his satisfaction, Blickl. Homl. 67, 29. Gicuoenmise hæbbendo sufficentiam habentes, Rtl. 13, 15. ge-cwemnes
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ᚷᛖ-ᚳᚹᛖᛗᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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