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Un-gerisene

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1 un-gerisene

adj. I. unsuitable, inappropriate :-- Ungerisenu indecens (est stulto gloria, Pronec ab re est unum e pluribus miraculum enarrare, Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 38. II. unseemly, indecent :-- Ðý læs hé ówiht unwyrþes oððe ungerisenes dyde mid his múþe ne aliquid indignum suae personae vel ore proferret, Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 26. Ungerisnre bysene ðú hátest hié wítuian you order them to be punished in a way that inflicts indignity upon them, Blickl. Homl. 189, 31. Ungerysenre æfsna indecens obscenitas, Hpt. Gl. 492, 62. un-gerisene
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᚷᛖᚱᛁᛋᛖᚾᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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