Ge-dégan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-dégan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: ge-dégean Related words: gedígan. ge-degan

Definitions

1 ge-dégan

to pass through, escape; pertransīre :-- Oft úre sáwl swýðe frécne hlimman gedégde hlúdes wæteres; wéne ic forðon ðæt heó wel mǽge ðæt swýðre mægen sáwel usser wæteres wénan ðæs wel gedégean torrentem pertransivit anima nostra; forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem, Ps. Th. 123, 4. Gif he wille sylf Godes dómas gedégan if he himself wish to be uncondemned, Blickl. Homl. 43, 12.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛞᛖᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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