Ge-hwilcness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hwilcness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: hwilc-ness. ge-hwilcness

Definitions

1 ge-hwilcness

f. Quality :-- For gehwilcnysse leahtres pro gualilate criminis, Hy. S. 36, 28. Æfter stōwa gehwylcnysse secundum locorum qualitatem, R. Ben. I. 91, 10. Būtan þissum þingum . . . synt geswutelunga and gehwylcnyssa, Angl. viii. 299, 23.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᚹᛁᛚᚳᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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