Ge-hwirfness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hwirfness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: ge-hwirfan;

Definitions

1 ge-hwirfness

f. I. return, I. 4 :-- Hē wīte-gode on þām sealme be þæs folces gehwyrfnesse of heora hæftnȳde, Ps. Th. 24, arg. II. conversion; in a special sense, the adoption of the monastic life :-- Ðæt munucas āwunien in þǣre hȳrsumnesse þe hié Gode gehēhton in þā tīd heora gehwyrfnesse (-hwyrfe-, ), Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 377, 5. ge-hwirfness

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᚹᛁᚱᚠᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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