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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-treówian

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1 ge-treówian

p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed. I. to trust, confide, hope :-- Nelle gé on ealdurmenn getreówian nolite confide in principibus, Ps. Th. 145, 2. Ic on ðín sóþfæst word getreówige I will trust to thy true word, Ps. Th. 118, 80, 43, 48: 130, 5. Ic me on mínne Drihten getreówige ego in te sperabo Domine, 54, 24: 70, 13. II. to make a treaty, be confederate [the children were confederates and plotted against the father, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 13. Getreówod fæderatus, Cot. 85, Lye. III. to clear one's self :-- Getriówie hine let him clear himself, L. Alf. 36; Th. i. 84, 15.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛏᚱᛖᚩᚹᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cot.
Cottonian Manuscripts
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Lye.
Lye's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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