A-drífan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-drífan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: æ-drífan; ic -drífe, ðú -drífest, -drífst, he -drífeþ, -drífþ, -dríft, Related words: § 8, 4; Th. i. 236, 23. Adrifene fatu

Definitions

1 a-drífan

pl. -drífaþ; p. -dráf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen To drive, stake, expel, pursue, follow up; agere, pellere, expellere, repellere, sequi, prosequi :-- Ða Walas adrifon sumre eá ford ealne mid scearpum pílum greátum innan ðam wætere the Welsh staked all the ford of a certain river with great sharp piles within the water, Chr. Introd; Th. 5, 35. Rihtwísnyssa his ic ne adráf fram me justitias ejus non repuli a me, Ps. Spl. 17, 24. Adrífe ðæt spor út of his scíre let him pursue the track out of his shire, L. Ath. graven or embossed vessels, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 99.

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛞᚱᛁᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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