Niht-gerím

Old English Dictionary Entry

Niht-gerím

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es ; Related words: niht, III),

Definitions

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

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛁᚻᛏ-ᚷᛖᚱᛁᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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