Ge-nyht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-nyht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: ge-niht. ge-nyht

Definitions

1 ge-nyht

n: e; f. [O. H. Ger. ganuht, f.] An abundance, plenty, sufficiency, fulfilment; abundantia, ubertas :-- Ðeáh mon nú anweald and genyht to twǽm þingum nemne though any one call power and abundance two things, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 20. Ðætte genyht wǽre gesǽlða that sufficiency was happiness, 35, 3; Fox 158, 13.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚾᚣᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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