Ge-sinscipe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-sinscipe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-sinscipe

m. Marriage, wedlock, matrimony; in pl. Married people; connubium, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 14: 19; S. 587, 30: Shrn. 60, 2. Se mægþhád is hírra ðonne se gesinscipe virginity is more exalted than marriage, Past. 52, 8; Swt. 409, 24; Hat. MS. He wæs seofan geár on gesinscipe geseted ǽr his biscopdóme he was married for seven years before he was a bishop, Shrn. 110, 1. Eác is gesynscipum micel þearf for those married also there is much need, L. E. I. 42; Th. ii. 440, 2. ge-sinscipe

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᛁᚾᛋᚳᛁᛈᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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