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Old English Dictionary Entry

Gifend, gefend

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1 gifend, gefend

(q. es; m. I. a giver: -- Apollonius mangeres naman genam mā þonne gifendes, Ap. Th. 10, 8. I a. applied to the Deity, III :-- Drihten þe is ealra gereorda gifend, R. Ben. 69, II. II. one that is in the habit of giving, a liberal person :-- Gifend largus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 30. [Icel. gefendr; pl. givers.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛁᚠᛖᚾᛞ, ᚷᛖᚠᛖᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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