Weorold-gítsung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Weorold-gítsung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e ; Related words:

Definitions

1 weorold-gítsung

f. Greed for this world's goods, covetousness:-- Ne mæg fira nán wísdóm timbran, ðǽr ðǽr woruldgítsung (cf. gítsung, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 12) beorg oferbrǽdeþ. Met. 7, 12. Hí cumaþ of woruldgítsunga. Bt. 7, 1 ; Fox 16, 15. weorold-gitsung

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛇᚱᚩᛚᛞ-ᚷᛁᛏᛋᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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