Ge-defen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-defen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: gedafen. ge-defen

Definitions

1 ge-defen

part. Fit, proper, due; dēbĭtus :-- Gedefen dēbĭtus, Cot. 61 : Th. An. 101, 10. To forþspównesse gedefenre heánesse ad profectum dēbĭti culmĭnis, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 17.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛞᛖᚠᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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