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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-witleást

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1 ge-witleást

Add: I. cf. ge-witleas; I a:--Wið gewitleáste, ꝥ is wið deófulseócnesse, Lch. i. 248, 3. II. 1. cf. ge-witleás; II. 1:--His wífes gewitleást (cf. þú sprǽce swá swá án stunt wíf, 452, 31), Hml. Th. ii. 456, 4. Gewitleást vechordia, Hy. S. 9, 20. Þæs cáseres (Domitian), witan hine ofslógon for his wælhreównysse and his gewittleáste, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 26. Hwílon God gewítnaþ ðæs mannes gewitleáste, Hml. A. 62, 258. II. 2. cf. ge-witleás; II. 2:--Hé ne beseah on leásum gewitlýstum non respexit in insanias falsas, Ps. L. 39, 5. ge-wit-least,ge-witleast
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚹᛁᛏᛚᛖᚪᛋᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

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Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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