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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hrifnian

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1 ge-hrifnian

p. ode To be gorged (? cf. hrif) :-- Alexandres æfterfol-geras xiiii geár þisne middangeard tōtugon and tōtǣron þǣm gelīcost þonne seó leó bringd his hungregum hwelpum hwæt tō ētanne : hié donne gecȳdad on dǣm ǣte hwelc heora mǣst mæg gehrifnian. Swā dyde Ptholomeus þā hē tōgædere gesweóp ealle Ægyptum and Arabia principes ejus xiiii annis orbem dilaniaverunt, et veluti opimam praedam a leone frostratam avidi discerpsere catuli. Itaque Ptolemaeo Aegyptus Arabiae-que pars sorte provenit, Ors. 3, II ; S. 142, 26. ge-hrifnian
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᚱᛁᚠᚾᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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