Ge-gnídan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-gnídan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: gnídan. ge-gnidan

Definitions

1 ge-gnídan

p. -gnád, pl. -gnidon; pp. -gniden To rub, rub together, comminute; fricare, defricare, fricando comminuere, planare, levigare :-- Nim ðas ylcan wyrte dryg he ðonne and gegníd to duste take this same wort, then dry it, and rub it to dust, Herb. 90, 10; Lchdm. i. 196, 12. Genim ðas wyrte on wætre gegnidene take this wort rubbed in water, Herb. 84, 1; Lchdm. i. 188, 1. Ic gegníde plano vel levigo, Ælfc. Gl. 36; Som. 62, 8.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚷᚾᛁᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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