Ge-hirwan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hirwan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: l.

Definitions

1 ge-hirwan

Take here ge-hyrwan in Dict., and add: to speak ill of, blaspheme, dishonour :-- Hē Godes mihte gehyrwde bus cwedende (cf. sermones quibus blasphemaverunt me, 2 Kings, 19, 6), Hml. Th. i. 568, 7. Aldormen sācerda geherdun (gehēndon, L.) hine principes sacerdotum accusantes eum, Lk. R. 23, 10. Nalles hige gehyrdon (= ? gehyrwdon) hāliges lāre, Exod. 307. On dā tiid de se biscephād swā gehiered (gehēned, ) suā huelc swā hine underfēng, hē underfēngmartyrdōm. On dā tiid wæs to herigeanne dæt mon wilnode biscephādes, Past. 53, 18. THORN;us gerād gōd beón gehyrwed huiuscemodi dehonestari(i. deturpari), Hpt. Gl. 420, 26. On gemǣnum naman muneca ingehȳd byd gehyrewed sub generali nomine monachorum propositum blasphe-matur, R. Ben. 136, 5. ge-hirwan

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᛁᚱᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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