Gefóg-stán

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gefóg-stán

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: stán-gefóg. gefog-stan

Definitions

1 gefóg-stán

m. A stone hewn so as to be ready for use in building :-- Wé scylen beón on ðisse ælðeódignesse útane beheáwene mid swingellan, tó ðǽm ðæt wé eft sión geteald and geféged tó ðǽm gefógstánum on ðǽre Godes ceastre bútan ðǽm hiéwete ǽlcre suingean nunc foris per flagella tundimur, ut intus in templum Dei postmodum sine disciplinae percussione disponamur, Past. 253, 19.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖᚠᚩᚷ-ᛋᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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