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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-ícan

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1 ge-ícan

p. -ícte, -íhton; pp. -íced, -íct To eke, increase, add, enlarge; augere, extendere :-- Heó ongan his mǽg-burge geícean sunum and dohtrum she began his kindred to increase with sons and daughters, Cd. 56; Th. 69, 8; Gen. 1132. Eall geíceaþ increase all things, 74; Th. 91, 18; Gen. 1514. Ofer eall ðæt geícte adjecit hoc supra omnia, Lk. Bos. 3, 20. Æðelinga rím feorum geícte he increased the number of men with lives, 58; Th. 70, 33; Gen. 1162. Bizantium wæs fram Constantino geiéced Byzantium was enlarged by Constantine, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 10 : Th. Diplm. A. D. 864; 125, 19.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛁᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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