Ge-girnung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-girnung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-girnung

f. A desire, request:--Ðis ys Ælfgyfæ gegurning tó híræ cinehláfordæ . . . heó hyne bitt for Godæs lufun þæt heó móte beón hyre cwydes wyrðæ, Cht. Th. 552, 27. ge-girnung

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚷᛁᚱᚾᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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