Ge-tingness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-tingness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -tyngness, e; Related words:

Definitions

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

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛏᛝᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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