Old English Dictionary Entry

īfe

Part of speech: (?), an (?) ;

Definitions

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1 īfe

f. Some kind of plant :-- Rūde ruta, īue iva, brōcminte sisymbrium, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 1-3. [Cf. Span. iva tenerium iva; and see N. E. D. herb ive.] ife

Similar Words

-íge
-íwness
-íþan
-íþian
-íþrian

Runic Inscription

ᛁᚠᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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