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Old English Dictionary Entry

Geafas

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1 geafas

pl. m. The jaws; fauces :-- Geaflas fauces, Cot. 91. Ðæt nebb lixeþ swá glæs oððe gim, geaflas scýne innan and útan the beak [of the Phoenix] glitters like glass or gem, the jaws comely within and without, Exon. 60 a; Th. 219, 1; Ph. 300. Biþ ðæt heáfod tohliden, geaflas toginene the head shall be split open, the jaws distended, Exon. 99 b; Th. 373, 17; Seel. 110. Ðam ða geaflas beóþ nǽdle scearpran whose jaws are sharper than a needle, 100 a; Th. 373, 32; Seel. 118. geafas
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛠᚠᚪᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Cot.
Cottonian Manuscripts
Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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