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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-ríp

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1 ge-ríp

n. [ríp harvest] A reaping, harvest; messis :-- Ðæt geríp is micel the reaping is great, Homl. Th. ii. 530, 16. Geríp messis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som: 11, 56: Wrt. Voc. 74, 69: Gen. 8, 22. Biddaþ ðæs gerípes hláford, ðæt he asende wyrhtan to his gerípe pray to the lord of the reaping, that he send workmen to his reaping, Homl. Th. ii. 530, 20. On Godes gerípe in God's reaping, 530, 19. Hwá gemenigfylt ðæt geríp of feáwum cornum who multiplies the harvest from a few grains of corn, i. 184, 31. ge-rip
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚱᛁᛈ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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