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Ge-wegan

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1 ge-wegan

p. -wæg, pl. -wǽgon; pp. -wegen. I. to bear, carry, move, go, proceed; vehere, ire, procedere :-- He to ðære byrig gewæg mycelne aad advexit illi urbi plurimam congeriem, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 22. To ðǽm readorlícum blíðe ic sý gewegen ríces coelnesse ad ethera letus vehar regni refrigeria, Wanl. Catal. 304, 49. He wið ðam wyrme gewegan sceolde he must proceed against the worm [dragon], Beo. Th. 4792; B. 2400. [Cf. Icel. vega to fight.] II. to weigh, measure :-- Gewihþ weighs, L. M. 2, 67; Lchdm. ii. 298, 16-25. Gewegen biþ remetietur, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 2: Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 24. [Cf. a-wegan.] ge-wegan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚹᛖᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icelandic
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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Beo.
Beowulf
Mk.
Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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