Ge-deccan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-deccan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: Leo 607. 39. v. ge-þeccan. ge-deccan

Definitions

1 ge-deccan

imp. -dec. [deccan to cover] To cover; tĕgĕre :-- Gedec ánne cláþ ðǽr mid cover a cloth therewith, Herb. 78, 2; Lchdm. i. 182, 3. Gedeced mid wyrtum covered with spices, Homl. Th. ii. 260, 35.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛞᛖᚳᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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