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Old English Dictionary Entry

Geóhel-

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1 Geóhel-

m. Yule-day, a day at Yule-tide :-- On ðone forman dæig on geáre ðæt is on ðone ǽrestan geóheldæig eall cristen folc worðiaþ cristes acennednesse on the first day of the year, that is, on the first day of Yule all christian folk honour Christ's birth, Shrn. 29, 26. On ðone eahteþan geóhheldæig biþ ðæs mónþes fruma ðe mon nemneþ ianuarius on the eighth day of Yule is the beginning of the month that is called January, 47, 13. geohel-
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ᚷᛖᚩᚻᛖᛚ-

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
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