Ge-fýsan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-fýsan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: fýsan. ge-fysan

Definitions

1 ge-fýsan

p. -fýsde; pp. -fýsed To make ready, cause to hasten :-- Werod wæs gefýsed the band was made ready, Cd. 154; Th. 191, 28; Exod. 221. Gefýsed to fæder ríce ready to depart to his father's kingdom, Exon. 14 b; Th. 30, 5; Cri. 475. Winde gefýsed hurried on by the wind, Beo. Th. 440; B. 217. Secgas wǽron síðes gefýsde the men were ready for the journey [cf. síðes fús, B. 1475], Elen. Kmbl. 520; El. 260.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚠᚣᛋᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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