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Old English Dictionary Entry

Niht-gerím

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1 niht-gerím

n. Reckoning by days (number of days :-- Æfter seofontýnum nihtgerímes after seventeen days, Menol. Fox 52 ; Men. 26: 110; Men. 55 : Andr. Kmbl. 229; An. 115 : 315; An. 158. Ealra hæfde in all the number of his days when he died was nine hundred and sixty-five years, Cd. Th. 72, 28; Gen. 1193. [Cf. dógorgerím, and Icel. náttar-tal : Chauc. nighter-tale.] niht-gerim
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛁᚻᛏ-ᚷᛖᚱᛁᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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