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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hentan

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1 ge-hentan

p. te; pp. ed To take, seize; căpĕre, prehendĕre :-- Hió abít hæleða gehwilcne ðe hió gehentan mæg she devours every man whom she can seize, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 64; Met. 13, 32. Eall ðæt hie gehentan mehton all that they could seize, Chron. 905; Erl. 98, 17. ge-hentan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᛖᚾᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
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