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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-gada

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1 ge-gada

A fellow-traveller, a companion, associate; comes, complex, conspirans, Ælfc. Gl. 86; Sons. 74, 27, 28. He feóll ðá adún and ealle his gegadan into helle wíte he fell down then and all his companions into hell torment, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 59, 93, 87. Afeóll se deófoll mid his gegadum the devil fell with his companions, Hexam. 10; Norm. 16, 18.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚷᚪᛞᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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