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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-tingness

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1 ge-tingness

f. Eloquence, ease of speech; facundia :-- Dumbum he forgeaf getingnysse to the dumb he gave eloquence, Homl. Th. i. 26, 12. Of woruldlícre getingnysse from worldly eloquence, 578, 4: ii. 140, 30: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 69, 403. Metcundlíc getyngnis metrica facundia, Hpt. Gl. 409. ge-tingness
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛏᛝᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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