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Old English Dictionary Entry

Gníþe (gnéde)

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1 gníþe (gnéde)

adj. Of persons, frugal, sparing; of things, scanty, scarce:--Gnéþre mediocri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 10. Of gnǽþum parcis, Germ. 391, 31. On ðám mægenum eúðmódnesse and hýrsumnesse nóhte þon lǽssa ne gnéðra (gnédra, gneáþ(-d)) wæs, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 656, 11. [O. H. Ger. ge-nóti parcus. N. E. D. gnede.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚾᛁᚦᛖ (ᚷᚾᛖᛞᛖ)

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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