Geolwe, geole

Old English Dictionary Entry

Geolwe, geole

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: With a yellow tinge:--

Definitions

1 geolwe, geole

adSe andwlita biþ geolwe blác (cf. hire andwlita biþ reáde wan, 19) the face is pale with a tinge of yellow (sallow), Lch. ii. 348, 16. Geole reád vel geole crog flavum, i. fulvum, rubeum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 15. geolwe,geole

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛇᛚᚹᛖ, ᚷᛇᛚᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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