Old English Dictionary Entry

Glengan

Part of speech: glengcan; Related words: a. To adorn, trim, deck, compose, set in order

Definitions

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1 glengan

p. de; pp. ed; ornare :-- Þeódnes cynegold sóþfæstra gehwone glengeþ the prince's crown shall adorn each of the just, Exon. 64 b; Th. 238, 19; Ph. 606. Glengdon heora leóhtfatu ornaverunt lampades suas, Mt. Skt. 25, 7: Exon. 94 a; Th. 353. 14; Reim. 12. Glenged adorned, 352, 30; Reim. 3. Glengede word composita verba, Lye. glengan

Similar Words

-gal
-gale (-a)
-galness
-gangendlic
-gealla

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛚᛖᛝᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Exon.: Exeter Book
Lye.: Lye's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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