Old English Dictionary Entry

Geán-talu

Part of speech: ( Related words: hīda ford mid . . . mid eallum þingum swā hit þonnæ stænt būtan ǣlcon geántalæ, Cht. Th. 587, 24. Būten alken gēntale, 594, 11. Cf. . . . in vita mea. Post autem

Back to Letter G

Definitions

1 definitions

1 geán-talu

? the word in the passage is not feminine), e; f. Gain-saying, contradiction, dispute, objection :-- Gā þā oþræ sine contradictions reciperent sua, 600, 31. gean-talu

Similar Words

-gal
-gale (-a)
-galness
-gangendlic
-gealla

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖᚪᚾ-ᛏᚪᛚᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc