Ge-hala

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hala

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: helan. ge-hala

Definitions

1 ge-hala

m. One who shares another's secrets, a confidant:--Gehala vel gerúna sinmistes vel consecretalis, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 18. Sege ús nú ꝥ sóðe búton ǽlcon leáse, and wé beóð þíne gehalan and þíne midspecan, ne wé nellað þé ámeldian, ac hit eall stille lǽtan, ꝥ hit nán man ne þearf geáxian búton ús sylfum, Hml. S. 23, 590.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᚪᛚᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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