Ge-hrýne

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hrýne

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: ge-rýne. ge-hryne

Definitions

1 ge-hrýne

n. A mystery, sacrament; mystērium :-- Ðǽr Godes nama gelóme gecýged biþ, and ðæt [MS. ða] hálige gehrýne on mæssesange geoffrod, nis nǽnig tweó ðæt ðǽr biþ Godes engla andweardnes where God's name is frequently invoked, and the holy mystery offered in the mass service, there is no doubt that the presence of God's angels is there, L. E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 24.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᚱᚣᚾᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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