Ge-niht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-niht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -nyht, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-niht

n: e; f. Abundance, fulness, sufficiency; abundantia, ūbertas :-- Wénst ðú ðæt se ánweald and ðæt geniht seó to forseónne thinkest thou that power and abundance are to be despised? Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 22, 24, 26. Hý beóþ oferdrencte on ðære genihte ðínes húses inebriābuntur ab ūbertāte dŏmus tuæ, Ps. Th. 35, 8. To genihte in abundantia, Ps. Th. 77, 25, 27: 84, 6: Menol. Fox 364; Men. 183. Ðú sealdest me wilna geniht thou gavest me the fulness of my desires, Soul Kmbl. 285; Seel. 146: Cd. 90; Th. 113, 21; Gen. 1890: Ps. Th. 4, 8. [O. H. Ger. ge-nuht copia, abundantia.] ge-niht

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚾᛁᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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