Ge-tal

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-tal

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-tal

adj. Quick, ready, active; agilis, velox, expeditus :-- Wǽron hyra tungan getale teónan gehwylcre and to yfele gehwám ungemet scearpe their tongues were swift to every wrong and to every evil exceeding sharp; lingua eorum machæra acuta, Ps. Th. 56, 5. [O. H. Ger. ge-zal agilis, rapidus, alacer.] ge-tal

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ᚷᛖ-ᛏᚪᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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