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Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-gefóg(-fóh)

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1 un-gefóg(-fóh)

adj. I. immense :-- Hí námon sceattas genóge sylfrene and gyldene ungefóge, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 199. II. in a bad sense, intemperate, immoderate excessive :-- Seó þwyre sáwul on hwílwendlícum bricum biþ ungefóh, Homl. Th. i. 408, 15. Heflgtýme leahter is ungefóh fyrwitnys, ii. 374, 3. Hé wæs mid ungefóhre gýtsunge ontend, i. 44, 5. [He sloh þer uniuoȝe, moni and inoȝe, Laym. 21793. Noldest þu nefre ben inouh, buten þu hefdest unifouh, Fragm. Phlps. 7, 23. O. Frs. un-efóg.] un-gefog-foh
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ᚢᚾ-ᚷᛖᚠᚩᚷ(-ᚠᚩᚻ)

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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