Gedýre

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gedýre

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: ofer-gedýre. gedyre,ge-dyre

Definitions

1 gedýre

n. [or -dyre, y from u; cf. Goth. daur] A door post; postis ad fores :-- On ǽgðrum gedýre in utro poste, Ex. 12, 23. On ǽgðer gedýre on each door-post, Ex. 12, 7. Hí mearcodon mid blóde on heora gedýrum TAU, ðæt is, róde tácen they marked on their door-posts TAU, that is, the sign of the cross, Homl. Th. ii. 266, 8 : 264, 1.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖᛞᚣᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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