Ge-timbru

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-timbru

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -timbro; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-timbru

pl. gen. -timbra; n. An edifice, a building, structure; ædĭfĭcium, structūra :-- Gé geseóþ ealle ða fægernessa ðissa getimbra ... ealle ðás getimbro beóþ toworpene ye see all the beauties of these buildings ... all these buildings shall be destroyed, Blickl. Homl. 77, 34-6: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. Rush. 24, 1. Ðæt sind ða getimbru ðe nó [MS. nú] tydriaþ these are the structures which shall not decay, Exon. 32 b; Th. 103, 5; Cri. 1683: 39 b; Th. 131, 16; Gú. 456: Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 30. Hruran and feóllan cynelíco getimbro and ánlípie ruĕbant ædĭfĭcia publĭca sĭmul et prīvāta, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 45: 3, 8; S. 532, 32: Cd. 15; Th. 18, 20; Gen. 276. Getimbra hálgung scenophegia [ = scēnŏpēgia], Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 77; Wrt. Voc. 16, 50. [O. H. Ger. gi-zimbri; n. materia, ædificium: Ger. ge-zimmer ; n. timber-work: and cf. Goth. ga-timrjo; f. a building.] ge-timbru

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛏᛁᛗᛒᚱᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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