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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-lytlian

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1 ge-lytlian

p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad To diminish, lessen, humble; mĭnuĕre, hŭmĭliāre :-- Ǽghwilc ælmesriht ǽlc man gelyttaþ oððe forhealdeþ every almsright every man lessens or withholds, Swt. Rdr. 106, 59. Ealle hire wæstmbǽro he gelytlade he lessened all her [the earth's] fruitfulness, Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 38, 8. Mín líf gelytlad is hŭmĭliāvit vītam meam, Ps. Th. 142, 3. ge-lytlian
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛚᚣᛏᛚᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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