Gelt

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gelt

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: 24. v- gylt. gelt

Definitions

1 gelt

m. A sin, crime, fault, debt; delictum, dēbĭtum :-- Geltas geclánsa ða ðe ic gefremede cleanse the sins which I have committed, Ps. C. 50, 39; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 39. Gelt dēbĭtum, Pro

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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