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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-streónan

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1 ge-streónan

p. de; pp. ed To gain, get, obtain, acquire; lucrāri, acquīrĕre :-- Heora Criste sáule gestreónan suas Christo anĭmas lucrāri, Hymn. Surt. 73, 7. Ðǽr is cúþre líf ðonne we on eorþan mǽgen ǽfre gestreónan there is a life more glorious than we may ever obtain on earth, Cd. 226; Th. 302, 11; Sat. 597. Ðæt he manige þeóde úrum Drihtne þurh his láre gestreónde so that he gained many a nation for our Lord by his teaching, Blickl. Homl. 121, 10. ge-streonan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᛏᚱᛖᚩᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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