Ge-nihtsum

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-nihtsum

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -nyhtsum; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-nihtsum

adj. I. abundant, abounding, copious, rich, plentiful, fruitful; abundans, ūber, cōpiōsus, affluus, profluus :-- Genihtsum ūber, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 10, 7. Genihtsum wæter forþflóweþ plentiful water flows forth, Bd. 5, 10; S. 625, 24: Ps. Th. 85, 4: 143, 17. On ylde genihtsumre in sĕnecta ūbĕri, Ps. Spl. 91, 14. Ðæt hí wǽron genihtsume ut essent proflui, Hymn. Surt. 94, 5. Hladungum genihtsumum haustĭbus affluis, 58, 12. II. satisfied; sătiābĭlis :-- Se ðe ǽr ne wæs níþes genihtsum who ere was not satisfied with slaughter, Cd. 93; Th. 120, 15; Gen. 1995. [O. H. Ger. ge-nuhtsam abundans.] ge-nihtsum

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚾᛁᚻᛏᛋᚢᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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