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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hwītan

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1 ge-hwītan

p. te; pp. [-hwītt], -hwīted: -hwītian; p. ode; pp. od To whiten :-- Gihūidadon hiá dealbaverunt eas, Rtl. 48, 1. Ic beo gehwītad dealbabor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 83. Gehwīted (-hwītad. Srt.), Ps. L. 50, 9. Hig beód gehwītode (-hwītte, Srt.) dealbabuntur, 67, 15. [Goth. ga-hweitjan: O. H. Ger. ge-hwīzit dealbatus.] ge-hwitan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᚹᛁᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.
German
L.
Latin
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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