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Ge-niwian

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1 ge-niwian

p. ode; pp. od, ad To renew, make new, change; renovare, innovare :-- Gást rihtne geniwa spiritum rectum innova, Ps. Spl. 50, 11. Biþ geniwod renovabitur, 102, 5. On sumum geáre byþ se móna twelf síðon geniwod fram ðære hálgan Eáster-tíde óþ eft Eástron; and on sumum geáre he biþ þreóttyne síðon geedniwad in some years the moon is twelve times changed [renewed] from the holy Easter time till Easter again; and in some years it is thirteen times changed [renewed], Lchdm. iii. 248, 22. Heáf wæs geniwad the wail was renewed, Cd. 144; Th. 179, 28; Exod. 35: Exon. 15 b; Th. 33, 22; Cri. 529; 60 a; Th. 217, 13; Ph. 279: Andr. Kmbl. 2020; An. 1012.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚾᛁᚹᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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