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Old English Dictionary Entry

Gifa

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m. A giver, bestower; dator, largitor :-- Me þincþ betere ðæt ic forléte ða gyfe and folgyge ðam gyfan it seems to me better to leave the gift and follow the giver, Shrn. 176, 19. Used in the following compounds :-- ár-gifa, æt-, beáh-, beág-, blǽð-, eád-, feorh-, gold-, hyht-, lác-, máððum-, rǽd-, sinc-, symbel-, wil-, will-. [Laym. rædȝive counsellor: O. Sax. méðom-gibo: O. H. Ger. gebo dator.] gifa
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛁᚠᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.
German
O. H. Ger.
Old High German
O. Sax.
Old Saxon

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Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
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