Wind-gerest

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wind-gerest

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 wind-gerest

f. A windy resting-place (?), a hall open to the winds (?) :-- Hé gesyhð sorhcearig on his suna búre wínsele wéstne, windgereste (wind gereste, MS. : windge reste, Grein) he sees the hall deserted, the resting-place of men open to the winds (? For the hall as a sleeping-place, cf. Monig snellíc sǽrinc selereste gebeáh, 1385; B. 690), Beo. Th. 4904 ; B. 2456. Cf. wind-sele. wind-gerest

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ᚹᛁᚾᛞ-ᚷᛖᚱᛖᛋᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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