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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-resta

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1 ge-resta

f. One who rests with another, consort :-- Seó wæs Eádwardes cynges geresta she was king Edward's consort, Chr. 1076; Erl. 214, 32. Heó Balan sealde Iacobe to gerestan Bilham dedit Iacobo quacum concumberet, Gen. 30, 4. ge-resta
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚱᛖᛋᛏᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
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