Ge-gítsian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-gítsian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-gítsian

to covet and get, to get by unscrupulous means, extort:--Hié wilniað ðæt hié gegítsien æt ðǽm ungetýdum folce wísdómes naman ut apud imperitum vulgus sciential sibi nomen extorqueant, Past.365. 22. ge-gitsian

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚷᛁᛏᛋᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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