Unriht-gítsung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Unriht-gítsung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 unriht-gítsung

f. Greed, covetousness :-- Ða welan, and ðæt mycele gylp, and seó unrihtgítsung, and ðæt man ðæm earman forwyrne, ðæt is eal swíþe mycel synn beforan Gode, Blickl. Homl. 53, 21: Wulfst. 290, 26. Hé woruldsǽlþa ðé onlǽnde æfter his bebodum tó brúcanne, nallas ðínre unrihtgítsunga gewill tó fulfremmanne, Bt. 7, 5; Fox 24, 10. Ðæt wé gescildan ús wiþ ða eahta heáhsynna ... ðæt is morþor and stala, máne áþas and unrihtgítsunge..., Engl. Stud. viii. 479, 96. unriht-gitsung

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾᚱᛁᚻᛏ-ᚷᛁᛏᛋᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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