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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-týdan

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1 ge-týdan

p. -týdde [To make learned, skilled, to instruct :-- Dysine and ungelǽredne ic ðé underféng and ðá ðé getýdde and gelǽrede foolish and ignorant I received thee, and then made thee wise and taught thee, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 10. Ic þohte ealra swíðost ymb ðone abbud ðe me getýdde I thought most of all of the abbot that had instructed me, Shrn. 46, 33. [Or ge-týdde = getýde?] ge-tydan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛏᚣᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
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