Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-dafenlícnes

Part of speech: -nys, -ness, -nyss, e;

Definitions

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1 ge-dafenlícnes

f. Decency, convenience, an opportunity; dĕcentia, convĕnientia, opportūnĭtas :-- Eton mid gedafenlícnysse juxta convĕnientiam comēdāmus, Bd. Whelc. 228, 43. On gedafenlícnessum in opportūnĭtātĭbus, Ps. Lamb. 9, 10 : second 9, 1. ge-dafenlicnes

Similar Words

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

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛞᚪᚠᛖᚾᛚᛁᚳᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)

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