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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-fég

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1 ge-fég

n. A joining, juncture; commissura, junctura, Cot. 43 : Ælfc. Gl. 62; Som. 68, 82; Wrt. Voc. 39, 65 : Compago, 70; Som. 70, 57; Wrt. Voc. 42, 65. Gefeig formula, Lye. Gefég borda a joining of boards, Ælfc. Gl. 62; Som. 68, 82. Mennisce handa hit ne mihton towurpan, for ðam fæstum gefége ðæs feóndlícan temples human hands could not overthrow it because of the fast joining of the devilish temple, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 14. [Ger. gefüge.] ge-feg
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚠᛖᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cot.
Cottonian Manuscripts
Lye.
Lye's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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