Ge-sibsumnes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-sibsumnes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -sibbsumnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; Related words: 7, 32. ge-sibsumnes

Definitions

1 ge-sibsumnes

f. [sibsumnes peacefulness] Peacefulness, concord, reconciliation; pax, concordĭa, rĕconcĭliātio :-- We mágon gecnáwan on ðara ungesceádwísra niétena gesibsumnesse, hú micel yfel sió gesceádwíslíce gecynd þurh ða ungesibsumnesse gefremeþ we can understand from the peacefulness of irrational animals how great a sin the rational race of man commits in being quarrelsome, Past. 46, 4; Swt. 349, 25; Hat. MS. 66 b, 24; Le

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᛁᛒᛋᚢᛗᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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