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Old English Dictionary Entry

Gleáw-hýdig

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1 gleáw-hýdig

adj. Wise of thought, heedful, prudent, sagacious :-- Gleáwhýdig wíf the woman wise of thought, Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 30; Jud. 148: Elen. Kmbl. 1866; El. 935. Glæd man gleáwhýdig seteþ sóðne dóm þurh his sylfes word jucundus homo disponet sermones suos in judicio, Ps. Th. 111, 5. gleaw-hydig
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛚᛖᚪᚹ-ᚻᚣᛞᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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