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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-wenian

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1 ge-wenian

p. ede; pp. ed. I. to accustom, to accustom any one to one's self; assuefacere :-- Gewenede hine sylfne to heora synlícum þeáwum he accustomed himself to their sinful manners, Ælfc. T. Lisle 34, 20: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 11; Met. 29, 6. Heora láreówas him biódan ða ilcan mettas ðe hí ǽr tame mid gewenedon their teachers offer them the same meats which they before accustomed the tame with or with which they before accustomed them to be tame, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 18: L. Edg C. 55; Th. ii. 256, 9. II. to wean, to separate; ablactare, a lacte depellere, depellere, seducere :-- Ðæt cild wearþ gewened puer ablactatus est, Gen. 21, 8. Se deófol wolde hine fram Gode gewenian the devil would wean him from God, Job. Thw. 165, 11. [O. H. Ger. ge-wenian assuefacere.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚹᛖᚾᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.
German
L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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