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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-nyhtsumnes

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1 ge-nyhtsumnes

Add:--Genyhtsumnes ubertas, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 47. I. a large amount, an ample supply:--Ginyhtsumnise (printed genyhtsume) lécedóme abundantia remediorum, Rtl. 40, 29. Of gefremedre genihtsumnysse de congesta (virtutum) copia, An. Ox. 3345. Fæsten for hwǽtes genihtsumnesse, óðerne for wínes, þriddan for eles, Shrn. 138, 13. II. a condition of plenty:--Wé sindon cumen tó þǽm gódan tídun . . . and tó ðǽre genihtsumnisse þe hié fore gielpað, Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 15. III. a sufficiency, sufficient supply:--Sum him mid bær þæs líchaman genihtsumnysse, Hml. S. 23 b, 127. ge-nyhtsumnes,ge-nyhtsum-nes
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚾᚣᚻᛏᛋᚢᛗᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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