Ge-riht-wísian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-riht-wísian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: a. To justify;

Definitions

1 ge-riht-wísian

p. ode; pp. od; justificare :-- He wolde hine sylfne gerihtwísian ille vŏlens justĭfĭcāre seipsum, Lk. Bos. 10, 29; Ðú eart se ðe me gerihtwísast thou art he who justifieth me, Ps. Th. 4, 1. Ða ðe he him to clypode, ða he gerihtwísode, and ða ðe he gerihtwísode, ða he gemǽrsode those whom he called unto him he justified, and those whom he justified he glorified, Homl. Th. ii. 366, 2. Hí synt gerihtwísode justĭfĭcāta sunt, Ps. Th. 18, 8. Gerihtwisud justificatus, Mt. Bos. 11, 19. ge-riht-wisian

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚱᛁᚻᛏ-ᚹᛁᛋᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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