A-grafan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-grafan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: 26, 1, On agrafenum anlícnyssum

Definitions

1 a-grafan

p. -gróf, pl. -grófon; pp, -grafen To engrave, inscribe; sculpere, cælare, sculptare, inscribere :-- He sealde Moise twá stǽ nene wexbreda mid Godes handa agrafene dedit Moisi duas tabulas scriptas digito Dei, Ex. 31, 18. Beó se mann awirged, ðe wirce agrafene godas oððe gegotene maledictus homo, qui facit sculptile el conflatile, Deut, 27, 15: Lein sculptilibus. Ps, Spl. 77, 64. Se ðisne beám agróf he inscribed this beam, Exon. 123a; Th. 473, 10; Bo. 13. a-grafan

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚷᚱᚪᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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