Ge-tawa

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-tawa
pl. f. Substitute: -ge-tawu(-a), -teá; pl. n. Implements, apparatus :-- Gif mannes getawa (instrumenta genitalia) beóþ sáre, Lch. ii. 70, 7. Ðis syndon þá wǽpena þe deófol mid oferswíðed bið; ꝥ is ofthrædlice rǽdinga háligra bóca and gelómlíce gebedu. Ðis syndan þá getawa þe mon mæg heofona ríce mid begytan, Ll. Th. ii. 404, 3. [Cf. O. H. Ger. gi-zauua suppellex. ]

Related words: gúþ-, lǽce-, scip-, wíg-getawu(-a); geatwe. ge-tawa

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