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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-horwian, -horgian, -horian

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1 ge-horwian, -horgian, -horian

p. ode. I. to defile. (1) with material filth, to spit upon :-- Ongunnun summe efne-gespitta l gehorogæ (conspuere) hine. Mk. L. 14, 65. Gehoræd bid (conspuetur), Lk. L. 18, 32. [Cf. Gē mid horu speówdon on his andwlitan, El. 297.] (2) with moral impurity :-- Gālnyss gehorwigende libido sordidans, Hy. S. 5, 5. Gif gē mid synnum gehorgode beód, Nap. 30. II. to disgrace, treat shamefully :-- Ðene hiá mid sceofmum (scomum, R.) miclum gehoruadon (Skeat prints gehornadon, but Cook in his Glossary to the Durham Book gives gehoruadon) illum contumeliis affecerunt, Mk. L. 12, 4.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᚩᚱᚹᛁᚪᚾ, -ᚻᚩᚱᚷᛁᚪᚾ, -ᚻᚩᚱᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

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El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Mk.
Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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