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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-leáfsum

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1 ge-leáfsum

adj. Faithful, credible, credulous; fĭdēlis, credĭbĭlis :-- Ðín gewitnes is weorcum geleáfsum testĭmōnia tua credĭbĭlia facta sunt, Ps. Th. 92, 6. Wǽron forþgongende ða cristenan men and ða geleáfsuman the christian men and the faithful went forth, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 20. Seó ætýwnys heofonlíces wundres geopnode hú árwyrþlíce hí wǽron to onfónne eallum geleáfsumum mirācŭli cælestis ostensio, quam revĕrenter eæ suscĭpĭendæ a cunctis fidēlĭbus essent, patĕfēcit, 3, 11; S. 535, 34, note : 5, 24; S. 646, 32. ge-leafsum
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛚᛖᚪᚠᛋᚢᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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