Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-lást

Part of speech: es; Related words: ge-lǽstan]

Definitions

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1 ge-lást

n. [Duty, due; officium :-- To ǽlcum ðara geláste to each of those duties, L. Æðelst 5, 3; Th. i. 230, 23 : 232, 5. Gelást votum, Ps. 64, 2, Blickl. Gl. [Cf. fullǽst, and O. Sax. gilésti an act, deed.] ge-last

Similar Words

-gal
-gale (-a)
-galness
-gangendlic
-gealla

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛚᚪᛋᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

L.: Latin
O. Sax.: Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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