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Ge-dihtan

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1 ge-dihtan

p. -dihte; pp. -dihted, -diht. I. to put in order, dispose, compose, arrange, conspire; disponere, componere, conspirare :-- Nú sindon twá béc gesette on endebyrdnisse to Salomones bócum, swilce he híg gedihte now two books are set in order after Solomon's books, as if he composed them, Ælfc. T; Swt. A. S. Rdr. 69, 402. Béda ðe ðas bóc gedihte Bede who composed this book, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 224. Ðá gedihton ða Iudeas jam conspiraverant Judæi, Jn. Bos. 9, 22. Gediht digestus, ordinatus, Hpt. Gl. 409. II. to order, direct, appoint; dirigere, dictare :-- Híg dydon swá, swá swá him gedihte Iosue they did as Joshua directed them, Josh. 6, 23. Ðis gewrit wæs to ánum menn gediht this writing was directed to a particular man, Ælfc. T; Swt. A. S. Rdr. 56, 1. [Laym. to dæðe idihte.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛞᛁᚻᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Jn.
Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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