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Gítsere

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1 gítsere

m. An avaricious, a covetous person, miser :-- Ða ðe wéron gítsaras qui erant avari, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 14. Se ungesǽliga gýtsere wile máre habban ðonne him genihtsumaþ the miserable covetous man wants to have more than suffices him, Homl. Th. i. 64, 33, 35: Bt. 16, 3; Fox 56, 16. He wæs se wyresta gítsere ðe he gesealde wið feó heofeones hláford he was the worst covetous man because he sold for money the lord of heaven, Blickl. Homl. 69, 13, 10. Gítseras ðe on mannum heora ǽhta on wóh nimaþ covetous men who take their property from men wrongfully, 61, 21. [A. R. ȝissare: M. H. Ger. gitesære.] gitsere
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛁᛏᛋᛖᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

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German

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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