Ge-wífian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-wífian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-wífian

p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [wífian to take a wife] To take a wife, marry; uxōrem dūcĕre :-- Gewífodon duxĕrunt uxōres, Jud. 3, 6. Ðæt cristen man gewífige that a christian man marry, L. Eth. vi. 12; Th. i. 318, 13, 18: L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 23. Manige habbaþ genóg gesǽlilíce gewífod many have married happily enough, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 5. Gewífad, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 7. ge-wifian

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚹᛁᚠᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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