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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-witscipe

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1 ge-witscipe

For 'A testimony . . . S. 492, 5, 6' substitute: Witness-ship. Cf. ge-wita; I. (1) the condition of being witness of a transaction:--Sculun of Gallia ríce cuman þá þe æt bysceopes hálgunge on gewitscype standan (qui in ordinatione episcopi testes adsistant), Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 73, 9. (2) witness, personal observation, presence of witnesses. Cf. ge-witnes; I. 1 a:--Ne sceal bisscopa hálgung on óþre wísan wesan nemne on gesomnunge and on gewitscype þreóra oððe feówer bissceopa episcoporum ordinatio sine adgregatis tribus uel quattuor episcopis fieri non debet, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 73, 12. gewit-scipe,ge-witscipe
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚹᛁᛏᛋᚳᛁᛈᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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