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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-médrian

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1 ge-médrian

p. ede, ode; pp. ed, yd To MOTHER, to adopt or to have as a son or daughter; adoptare, habere sibi filium vel filiam :-- Ða þrý gebróðra nǽron ná Philippuse gemédred the three were not brothers of Philip by their mother [mothered], Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 19. Geseah hys gemédrydan bróðor Beniamin vidit Benjamin fratrem suum uterinum, Gen. 43, 29. ge-medrian
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛗᛖᛞᚱᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
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