Ge-hnystan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hnystan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (?) Related words: 2.] ge-hnystan

Definitions

1 ge-hnystan

to afflict :-- Se gehnysta gāst, hiorte geclānsod and geeádmēded spiritus contribulatus, cor contritum et humiliatum, Ps. C. 127. Cf. hnossian. [But gehnyst might belong to ge-hnyscan. Ci. ge-hnistun under ge-hnescan;

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᚾᚣᛋᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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