Ge-ortréwan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-ortréwan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ge-ortrúwian. ge-ortrewan

Definitions

1 ge-ortréwan

p. de; pp. ed [tréwan to trust] To despair; dēspērāre :-- Ða þreó ðé ne lǽtaþ geortréwan he ðam écan lífe these three suffer thee not to despair of the everlasting life, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 9.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚩᚱᛏᚱᛖᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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