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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-wrixlian

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1 ge-wrixlian

p. ede; pp. ed. I. to change :-- Gewixla mutare, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 17. II. to get by exchange, obtain :-- Hie hæfdon gewrixled wíta unrím they had got punishments innumerable, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 3; Gen. 335. III. to give in exchange, grant :-- Swá sceal gewrixled ðám ðe ǽr wel heóldon meotudes willan so shall be granted to those that before well kept the Creator's will, Exon. 26 a; Th. 77, 23; Cri. 1261. gewrixlian,ge-wrixlian
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚹᚱᛁᚳᛋᛚᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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