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Old English Dictionary Entry

Glésing

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1 glésing

f. A GLOSSING, interpretation, explanation; glossa :-- Ðæt is glésincg ðonne mann glésþ ða earfoðan word mid eáðran Lédene that is glossing when one explains the difficult words with easier Latin, Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 51, 43. glesing
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛚᛖᛋᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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