Ge-dréfnes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-dréfnes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: folc-gedréfness,

Definitions

1 ge-dréfnes

Add: I. in a physical sense, disturbance, tempest :-- On þǽre hreóhnesse, gedréfnesse ea tempestate, i. ea turbine, An. Ox. 2420. II. disturbance of mind, perturbation, confusion :-- Bið se módsefa gebunden mid gedréfnesse, Met. 5, 40. Gedrǽfnesse, 22, 61. Gedroefnisse confusionem, Ps. Srt. 68, 20. and preceding word. ge-drefnes

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛞᚱᛖᚠᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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