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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-metfæstnys

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1 ge-metfæstnys

Add: (i) meekness, gentleness, the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit; quieti et modesti spiritus, l Pet. 3, 4), Hml. Th. i. 98, 3. (2) sobriety, discretion, cum omni gravitate et modestia, R. Ben. 47, 14. Ðæt sý mid micelre gemetfæstnesse and gestæþþignesse gedón ipsum cum summa gravitate et moderatione honestissime fiat, 67, 14. (3) moderation in food, temperance :-- Gang hé tó his gereorde and mid micelre sýfernysse and gemetfæstnysse his góda brúce, and ná mid nánre oferfylle ne mid oferdrince, Hml. A. 144, 16.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛗᛖᛏᚠᚫᛋᛏᚾᚣᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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