Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hérian

Part of speech: or -herian; cf. Goth. hazjan

Definitions

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1 ge-hérian

; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [hérian to praise] To praise, honour, glorify; laudāre, hŏnōrāre, celebrāre :-- Unlǽde biþ se ne can Crist gehérian wretched is he who cannot honour Christ, Salm. Kmbl. 48; Sal. 24. On Gode byþ gehérod mín siwl in Dŏmĭno laudābĭtur anĭma mea, Ps. Th. 33, 2. Ðeáh he seó ánum gehéred though it be praised in one, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 14 : Blickl. Homl. 71, 16. On Gode we beóþ gehérode in Dŏmĭno laudābĭmur, Ps. Lamb. 43, 9. He wæs gehiered he was praised, Blickl. Homl. 165, 1. ge-herian

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᛖᚱᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Sal.: Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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