Ge-hirdness, e

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hirdness, e

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-hirdness, e

f. Keeping guard, watchful care. Take here ge-heordnes, ge-hyrdnes in Dict. , and add :-- On hū mycelre Godes gehyrdnysse beód þā þe cunnon hȳ sylfe forseón on þysum līfe in quanta custodia sunt qui in hoc vita seipsos despicere noverunt, Gr. D. 39, 29. ge-hirdness

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᛁᚱᛞᚾᛖᛋᛋ, ᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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