Ge-rýnelic

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-rýnelic

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-rýnelic
Add; I. secret :-- Ball swá seó gerýnlice sððfæstnys cwyð sicut arcana justitia dicet, Ll. Th. ii. 168, 5. Ǽr þon þe hé þǽre gerýnelican gegaderunge menniscre gebyrde onfénge before he was formed in the secrecy of his mother's womb, Bl. H. 165, 35. II. mystic, allegorical, figurative :-- p swíðe wel in þám hálgan stære mid gerýnelicre gesægene (figurata narratione) is awriten, Gr. D. 245, 15. Gerýnelice smeáunge íypicum (i. mysticum) scrutinium, An. Ox. 1083. III. pertaining to a sacrament, (mysticos psalmorum cantus), Gr. D. 2 75 , 1 3. II the following gloss seems eironeous :-- Secundis i. serenis (has secretis been read ?) gesundfullum, geryuelicum, An. Ox. 2581. ge-rynelic

Related words: ge-ryne; V:-- He þigde þá gerýnu . . . and þá wæs singende þá gerýnelican sangas his sealma

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