Word-gerýne

Old English Dictionary Entry

Word-gerýne

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 word-gerýne

n. A mystery expressed in words, a deep saying :-- Him tácna fela tíres brytta onwráh wordgerýnum, Exon. Th. 29, 16 ; Cri. 463. Sum biþ listhendig tó áwrítanne wordgerýnu, 299, 3; Crä. 96. Ic ðæt ongiten hæbbe þurg wítgena wordgerýno on Godes bócum, Elen. Kmbl. 578; El. 289: 646; El. 323. word-geryne

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚩᚱᛞ-ᚷᛖᚱᚣᚾᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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