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Ge-mangian

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1 ge-mangian

p. ode; pp. od To traffic, trade; nĕgōtiāri :-- Ðæt he wiste hú mycel gehwilc gemangode ut scīret quantum quisque nĕgōtiātus esset, Lk. Bos. 19, 15. Hwæt forstent ǽnegum men, ðeáh he gemangige ðæt he ealne ðisne middangeard áge, gif he his sáule forspildeþ what profits it any man, though he trade so as to obtain all this world, if he destroy his soul? Past. 44, 10; Swt. 332, 9; Cot. MS. ge-mangian
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛗᚪᛝᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cot.
Cottonian Manuscripts
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
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