Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-niht

Part of speech: -nyht, es;

Definitions

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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

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚾᛁᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.: German

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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