Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-frǽge

Part of speech: -frége, es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 ge-frǽge

n. An inquiring, a knowing, knowledge, information, hearsay; percontātio, cognĭtio, audītio :-- Míne gefrǽge in my knowledge, as I have heard, as I am informed, Beo. Th. 1557; B. 776 : 1679; B. 837 : Cd. 58; Th. 71, 20; Gen. 1173 : 161; Th. 201, 7; Exod. 368 : Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 10; Edg. 36. ge-fræge

Similar Words

-gal
-gale (-a)
-galness
-gangendlic
-gealla

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚠᚱǽᚷᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Beo.: Beowulf
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.: Earle, J. (editor)
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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