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Old English Dictionary Entry

Winter-gerím

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1 winter-gerím

n. I. numbering by years:--Ymb þrítig wintergerímes after thirty units of a numbering which takes a year as the unit, i. e. after thirty years (cf. ymb þrittig wintra, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 25), Met. 28, 26. II. a number of years:--Gé ða wintergerím on gewritu setton, Elen. Kmbl. 1304; El. 654. winter-gerim
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᚾᛏᛖᚱ-ᚷᛖᚱᛁᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
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