Ge-dígan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-dígan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -dýgan, -dégan, ic -díge, ðú -dígest, he -dígeþ, Related words: dýgan, gedégan. ge-digan

Definitions

1 ge-dígan

pl. -dígaþ; p. de; pp. ed To endure, carry through, tolerate, overcome, escape; ĕti, perpĕti, perferre, tolerāre, superāre, evadere :-- Swá mǽg unfǽge gedígan weán so an undoomed [man] may escape calamity, Beo. Th. 4572; B. 2291. Ðú aldre gedígest thou escapest with life, 1327; B. 661. He gedígeþ he escapes, 606; B. 300. He feore gedígde he escaped with life, 1161; B. 578, Feore gedýged escaped with life, Exon. 39 a; Th. 128, 21; Gú. 407. Ðæt wíf ne gedígþ hyre feore the woman will not escape with her life, Nar. 50, 10. Ðara monna hit ǽlc gedígde hominibus idem morsus non usque ad interitum nocebant, Nar. 16, 11. Sume hit ne gedýgdan mid ðam lífe some did not escape with life, Chr. 978 ; Erl. 127, 12.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛞᛁᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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