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Ge-wittig

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1 ge-wittig

adj. Wise, knowing, sane, conscious; intelligens :-- Heó ðǽrrihte wearþ gewittig she straightway became sane, Homl. Th. ii. 24, 12: 142, 19. Ne forlǽt ðé nán ðe gewityg byt nor does any one forsake thee that is wise, Shrn. 166, 28. Sum biþ gewittig æt wínþege beórhyrde gód one is expert at feasting, a good keeper of beer, Exon. 79 b; Th. 297, 26; Crä. 74: Beo. Th. 6179; B. 3094. ge-wittig
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚹᛁᛏᛏᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Beo.
Beowulf
Exon.
Exeter Book
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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