Ge-hlystan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hlystan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-hlystan

p. -hlyste; pp. -hlysted. I. to listen, hear; auscultare, audire :-- Gehlyste me audiat me, Mk. Bos. 7, 16. Beornas ge-hlyston men listened, Byrht. Th. 134, 31; By. 92. II. to obey; obedire :-- On hlyste eáran gehlyste me in auditu auris obediunt mihi, Ps. Spl. 17, 46. DER. hlystan. ge-hlystan

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᛚᚣᛋᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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