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Geómor-líc

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1 geómor-líc

adj. Sad, sorrowful; mæstus, flēbĭlis :-- Biþ geómorlíc gomelum eorle to gebídanne, ðæt his byre ríde giong on galgan it is sad for an aged man to experience that his child hang young on the gallows, Beo. Th. 4879; B. 2444: Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 31. [O. Sax. jámarlík: O. H. Ger. jámarlíh: Ger. jämmerlich.] geomor-lic
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖᚩᛗᚩᚱ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.
German
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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