Ge-stefnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-stefnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 ge-stefnan

p. de; pp. ed [stefnian to institute] To institute, place, fix; instĭtuĕre :-- Freá engla héht wesan wæter gemǽne, stówe gestefnde the lord of angels bade the waters to be common, and their places fixed, Cd. 8; Th. 10, 21; Gen. 160. ge-stefnan

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᛏᛖᚠᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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