Gift-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gift-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 gift-líc

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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ᚷᛁᚠᛏ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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