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Ge-myntan

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1 ge-myntan

p. -mynte; pp. -mynted, -mynt To determine, resolve; stătuĕre, decernĕre :-- Gregorius gemunde hwæt he gefyrn Angel-cynne gemynte Gregory remembered what he of old had determined for the English race, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 25. He befran hwam ða gebytlu gemynte wǽron. Him wæs gesǽd ðæt hí wǽron gemynte ánum sutere he asked for whom those buildings were intended. He was told that they were meant for a shoemaker, 354, 35. Hæfdon hie gemynted to ðam they had resolved thereon, Cd. 153; Th. 190, 10; Exod. 197. Ic hæfde gemynt ðé to árwurþienne on ǽhtum and on feó decrēvĕram quĭdem magnĭfĭce hŏnōrāre te, Num. 24, 11: Gen. 18, 33: Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 3: Homl. Th. ii, 548, 31. ge-myntan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛗᚣᚾᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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