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Old English Dictionary Entry

Gold-gifa

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1 gold-gifa

m. A giver of gold, a liberal lord or chief :-- Funde ðá on bedde blácne licgan his goldgifan he found then his lord lying pale on the bed, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 26; Jud. 279. Goldgyfan, Beo. Th. 5297; B. 2652. Cyningas ne cáseras ne goldgiefan neither kings nor emperors nor lords, Exon. 82 b; Th. 310, 31; Seef. 83. See other compounds under gifa. gold-gifa
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚩᛚᛞ-ᚷᛁᚠᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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