Old English Dictionary Entry

ǣ-firmþa

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1 ǣ-firmþa

f. Offscourings, sweepings, dregs, refuse :-- Æfyrm[þa] purgamenta (spurca latrinarum), An. Ox. 3918. Add the quotation in Dict. under æ-fyrrnþa. Cf. ā-feorrnian. æ-firmþa

Similar Words

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æ-bilgan
æ-bilignes
æ-bléc
æ-blécing

Runic Inscription

ᚫ-ᚠᛁᚱᛗᚦᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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An.: Andreas (OE poem)

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