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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-ýcan

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1 ge-ýcan

p. te To increase, add, eke :-- Se ðe ðisne freóls geýcean wille geýce God his gesynta qui hanc libertatis dapsilitatem augere voluerit, augeat dominus ejus prosperitatem, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 138, 14. Swá swá sorge and ymbhogan geýceþ monnes mód, swá geýcþ se cræft his áre as sorrow and cares increase a man's mind so a craft increaseth his honour, Prohe added a parable, Lk. Skt. 19, 11, MS. A.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚣᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
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