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Ginian

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1 ginian

p. ode To yawn, gape :-- Ic gynige hio, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 39. Gewíte seó sáwul út ne mæg se múþ clypian ðeáh ðe he gynige if the soul depart the mouth cannot cry, though it gape, Homl. Th. i. 160, 9. Mid gynigendum múþe with gaping mouth, ii. 176, 21: 510, 33. Seó eorþe swá giniende bád the earth remained gaping so, Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 56, 3. [Wick, p. pl. ȝeneden: O. H. Ger. ginen, ginon hiare.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛁᚾᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.
German
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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