Wítegestre

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wítegestre

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 wítegestre

f. A prophetess :-- Anna wæs wítegystre (prophetissa), Lk. Skt. 2, 36. Týn mǽdena wǽron on hǽðenum folcum, ðe man hét Sibillas, ðæt synd wítegestran, and hí wítegodon ealle be Criste, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 31. witegestre

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᛏᛖᚷᛖᛋᛏᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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