Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-nefa

Part of speech: an;

Definitions

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1 ge-nefa

m. A nephew; nepos :-- Caius his [Agustuses] genefa nolde gebiddan to ðam ælmihtigum Gode Caius his [Augustus's] nephew would not worship the almighty God, Ors. 6, 1; Bos. 116, 18. ge-nefa

Similar Words

-gal
-gale (-a)
-galness
-gangendlic
-gealla

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚾᛖᚠᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)

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