Rúmgifol-ness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Rúmgifol-ness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: l.

Definitions

1 rúmgifol-ness

Add: I. liberality, &c., of a person :-- For þæs ælmihtigan Godes þǽre wundorlican rúmgeofulnesse (-gyfol-, ) omnipotentis Dei mira largitate, Gr. D. 317, 22. II. abundance of a thing. (1) material :-- Manega seócnyssa metta of rúmgyfulnysse wé þolið plurimas egritudines escarum largitate patimur, Scint. 36, 5. (2) non-material :-- Of þǽre myclan rúmgyfulnesse (-geofol-, his mildheortnesse ex magna misericordiae suae largitate, Gr. D. 316, 22. rumgifol-ness,rumgifolness

Runic Inscription

ᚱᚢᛗᚷᛁᚠᚩᛚ-ᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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