á-sceafan

Old English Dictionary Entry

á-sceafan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -scafan Related words:

Definitions

1 á-sceafan

to shave off:--Ádelf niþeweardne sláhðorn, áscaf þá ýtemestan rinde, Lch. ii. 92, 30. Sceafoþan of felle áscafen mid pumice, 100, 14. Áscæfen obrasum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 77. [O. H. Ger. arscaban eradere.] a-sceafan

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛋᚳᛠᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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