Ge-mearr

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-mearr

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: myrran. ge-mearr

Definitions

1 ge-mearr

n. A hindrance, error :-- Ðonne se Godes ðiów on ðæt gemearr ðære woruldsorga beféhþ when the servant of God accepts the hindrance of worldly cares, Past. 51, 7; Swt. 401, 20; Hat. MS. Ða gemearr ðe man drífþ on mislícum gewiglungum the erroneous practices which are carried on with various spells, L. Can. Edg. 16; Th. ii. 248, 4. Gemear nugæ, errores, Gl. Prud. 662. [Cf. Goth. ga-marzeins a stumbling-block.]

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛗᛠᚱᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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