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Old English Dictionary Entry

Gift-líc

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adj. Nuptial, belonging to a marriage; nuptialis :-- Ðá geseah he ðǽr ǽnne man ðe næs mid gyftlícum reáfe gescrýd vidit ibi hominem non vestitum veste nubtiali, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 11, 12. Ðæt gyftlíce hús the house where the marriage was, Homl Th. ii. 70, 16. Giftlíc sponsalis, Hpt. Gl. 525; nuptialis, 491. Giftlíce sponsalia, Mone Gl. 354 a. gift-lic
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛁᚠᛏ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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