Ge-wrid

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-wrid

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-wrid

n. A place where shrubs grow, thicket :-- Betwyx ða fenlícan gewrido ðæs wídgillan wéstenes amongst the fenny thickets of the wide wilderness, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 22, 10. Betwux ða þiccan gewrido ðara bremela amongst the dense thickets of brambles, 5; Gdwin. 36, 12. Gewrid glomulus, Cot. 95: fruticetum, 90, Lye. [Cf. wríðan.] ge-wrid

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚹᚱᛁᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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