Gearo-witol

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gearo-witol

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 gearo-witol

adj. Ready-witted, sagacious :-- Gearwitelum sagaci, An. Ox. 56, 108. ¶ the word also glosses austerus :-- Scrípen l gearuutol austerus, Lk. L. 19, 21. Gearnfull l gearuutol, 22. [Næs þe king noht so wis, ne swá ȝærewitele (warwitele, 2nd MS.), Laym. 1854.] gearo-witol

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛠᚱᚩ-ᚹᛁᛏᚩᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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