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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-treówe

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1 ge-treówe

def. se -treówa; comp. -treówra; superl. -treówest; adj. True, trusty, faithful; fīdus, fīdēlis :-- Getreówe oððe geleáfful fĭdēlis, Wrt. Voc. 74, 27: Ps. Lamb. 144, 14. Ǽlc getreówa man every true man, L. C. S. 23; Th. i. 388, 9, note 12, MS. B. Mid fulre gewitnesse and getreówre with full and true witness, L. Ath. if a thane have a true man, L. C. S. 23; Th. i. 388, 16, MS. B. Ic wille him syllan míne gewitnesse weorþe and getreówe servabo testāmentum meum fĭdāle ipsi, Ps. Th. 88, 25: 118, 111. Hwæðer gé getreówe synd whether ye are true, Gen. 42, 33. Hý habbaþ freónda ðý má tilra and getreówra they will have the more of excellent and faithful friends, Exon. 107 a; Th. 409, 2; Rä. 27, 23. Beó getreówra be more trusty, Prowhom, most faithful, he loved, Exon. 43 a; Th. 144, 21; Gú. 681. DER. un-getreówe. ge-treowe
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛏᚱᛖᚩᚹᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

L.
Latin

Works & Authors

C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Gú.
Guthlac (OE poem)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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