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Ge-hwylc

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1 ge-hwylc

pron. Each, every one, all, whoever, whatever; quisque, unusquisque :-- Gé gehwilce uncóðe gehǽldon ye healed every disease, Homl. Th. i. 64, 23. Of gehwilcum burgum from every city, 86, 29. Nú smeádon gehwilce men now some men have enquired, ii. 268, 7. Dǽda gehwylcra of all deeds, Elen. Kmbl. 2563; El. 1283. Háteþ arísan folc ánra gehwylc bids each folk arise, Exon. 23 a; Th. 63, 28; Cri. 1026. Ðæt he wiste hú mycel gehwylc gemangode ut sciret quantum quisque negotiatus esset, Lk. Bos. 19, 15. Sió gesceádwísnes sceal on gehwelcum waldan reason shall rule in each one, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 394; Met. 20, 197. Ongan ánra gehwylc cweðan cœperunt singuli dicere, Mt. Bos. 26, 22 : Deut. 24, 16. Lifigendra gehwylc every one living, Cd. 219; Th. 282, 12; Sat. 285. And hiera se æðeling gehwelcum feoh and feorh gebeád and the atheling offered each of them money and life, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 5. He beheóld heora ánra gehwilcne he observed each one of them, Th. Ap. 12, 24. ge-hwylc
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᚹᚣᛚᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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