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Ge-wlitegian

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1 ge-wlitegian

p. ode; pp. ad, od To form, adorn, make beautiful; formare, decorare, exornare, speciosum vel pulchriorem reddere :-- Giwlitga decorare, Rtl. 105, 28. He gewlitegap æalle gesceafta he adorns all creatures, Shrn. 198, 12: Salm. Kmbl. 793; Sal. 396. Hand his gewlitegodon manus ejus formaverunt, Ps. Spl. 94, 5. Wel gewlitegod formosus, Wrt. Voc. 72, 15. Wuldre gewlitegad with glory beautified, Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 8; Az. 187: 57 b; Th. 205, 23; Ph. 117: 108 a; Th. 413, 7; Rä. 32, 2: 128 b; Th. 493, 22; Rä. 81, 35: Andr. Kmbl. 1337; An. 669. ge-wlitegian
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚹᛚᛁᛏᛖᚷᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

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Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Sal.
Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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