Ge-hýnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hýnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -hénan, -hínan; Related words: ge-hínan, hýnan. ge-hynan

Definitions

1 ge-hýnan

p. de; pp. ed To humble, oppress, waste, destroy; humiliare, opprimere, damnare :-- Uton gehýnan hit opprimamus eum, Ex. 1, 10. Eágan ofermódra ðú gehýnyst oculos superborum humiliabis, Ps. Spl. C. 17, 29. Gehýnyþ humiliat, Ps. Spl. C. M. 74, 7. Híg gehýndon eos oppresserunt, Ex. 1, 11. Gehýned damnatus, C. R. Ben. 58. Gehéned, Ps. Vos. 37, 8.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᚣᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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