Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-nihtsumian

Part of speech: -nyhtsumian;

Definitions

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1 ge-nihtsumian

part. -nihtsumigende; p. ode; pp. od To abound, suffice; abundāre, suffĭcĕre :-- Hí synfulle and genihtsumigende on worulde, hí begeáton welan ipsi peccātōres et abundantes in sæcŭlo, obtĭnuērunt dīvĭtias, Ps. Spl. 72, 12: 127, 3. Ic genihtsumige abundo, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 10. Se ungesǽliga gýtsere wile máre habban ðonne him genihtsumaþ the unhappy miser wishes to have more than suffices him, Homl. Th. i. 64, 34. Ánes engles geearnung ne genihtsumode to alýsednysse ealles mancynnes the merit of an angel was not sufficient for the redemption of all mankind, Boutr. Scrd. 17, 37. ge-nihtsumian

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚾᛁᚻᛏᛋᚢᛗᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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