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Ge-liger

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1 ge-liger

n. A lying with, fornication, adultery; concŭbĭtus, conjŭgium, fornicātio, adultērium :-- He sǽde ðæt his nama wǽre spiritus fornicationis ðæt is dernes geligeres gást he said that his name was spiritus fornicationis, that is, spirit of fornication, Shrn. 52, 27 : 130, 14. To geligere concubitu, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 27, 13. Æt geligere de conjŭgio, Bos. 27, 15. Geligre fornicatiōni, Bos. 27, 9. [Goth. ga-ligri. Cf. forliger.] ge-liger
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛚᛁᚷᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
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