Glésing

Old English Dictionary Entry

Glésing

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: glésincg, e; Related words:

Definitions

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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ᚷᛚᛖᛋᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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