Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-twin

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

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1 ge-twin

m. A twin :-- Geminus ðæt is on úre geþeóde getwyn geminus, that is in our language twin, Shrn. 155, 30. Hí wǽron getwinnas they were twins, 92, 22: 134, 23. Salm. Kmbl. 729; Sal. 364: 216; Sal. 107[?]. [Cf. O. H. Ger. zwinal, ge-zuinele geminus.] ge-twin

Similar Words

-gal
-gale (-a)
-galness
-gangendlic
-gealla

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛏᚹᛁᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Sal.: Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Shrn.: Shrine (collection of OE texts)

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