Ge-ceorfan

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

ge-ceorfan

Take here ge-cearfan in Dict., and add: (1) to cut off, cut down :-- Tré gecorfen bið l [man] gecearfas arbor exciditur, Mt. L. 7, 19. Ðió eárliprece ðone Petrus gecurfe (absciderat), Lk. p. 11, 6. Gecearfa abscidi, Mt. p. 14, 15. (2) to behead a person :-- Hé gecearf (giceorf, R.) hine decollauit eam, Mk. L. 6, 27. ge-ceorfan