Geópan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Geópan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: ic geópe, ðú gýpst, he gýpþ, Related words:

Definitions

1 geópan

pl. geópaþ; p. geáp, pl. gupon; pp. gopen To take up, take to oneself, receive; accĭpĕre :-- Óþ-ðæt ic spǽte eal-felo áttor, ðæt ic ǽr geáp until I spit the very baleful venom which I took up before, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405, 29; Rä. 24, 9. [Cf. Scot. gowpen to lift or lade out with the hands: Icel. gaupn: O. H. Ger. coufan both hands held together in the form of a bowl.] geopan

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖᚩᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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