Gilte

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gilte

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

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1 gilte

f. A GILT, a young sow :-- Gilte suilla vel sucula, Ælfc. Gl.20; Som. 59, 34; Wrt. Voc. 22, 75. [Ȝelte scropha, Wrt. Voc. 177, 7: gilt Hall. Dict: Icel. gilta a young sow: O. H. Ger. galza, gelza sucula.] gilte

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ᚷᛁᛚᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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