Geatwe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Geatwe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ge-tawe. geatwe

Definitions

1 geatwe

gen. a; dat. um; acc. a; pl. f. Arms, trappings, garments, ornaments; armāmenta, vestīmenta ornāmenta :-- Twegen englas gesceldode and gesperode and mid heora geatwum gegyrede, efne swá hie to campe féran woldon two angels with shields and spears and with their equipments, just as if they meant to go to battle, Blickl. Homl. 221, 28. Freólíce in geatwum [MS. geotwum] in trappings goodly, Chr. 1066; Th. 334, 35, col. 1; Edw. 22. Geatwum with ornaments, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 26; Rä. 36, 10. Ic geondseah recedes geatwa I looked over the ornaments of the house, Beo. 6167; B. 3087. DER. eóred-geatwe, fyrd-, gryre-, gúþ-, here-, hilde-.

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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