GNÆT

Part of speech: gnætt;

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1 GNÆT

gen. gnættes; m. GNAT; culex :-- Gedrehnigeaþ ðone gnæt aweg ye strain out the gnat, Mt. Bos. 23, 24. Com hundes fleógan and gnættas venit cænomyia et cinipes, Ps. Spl. 104, 29. Aaron slóh mid ðære girde on ða eorþan, and gnættas wǽron gewordene on mannum and on yrfe; and ealle ðære eorþan dust wæs gewurden to gnættum ofer eall Egipta land Aaron percussit pulverem terræ, et facti sunt sciniphes [gnats] in hominibus, et in jumentis; omnis pulvis terræ versus est in sciniphes per totam terram Ægypti, Ex. 8, 17, 16: Ps. Th 104, 27. Gnættas cómon ofer eall ðæt land gnats came over all the land, Or. 1, 7; Bos. 29, 29. gnæt

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ᚷᚾᚫᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)

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