Afor

Old English Dictionary Entry

Afor

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: adj. Related words:

Definitions

1 afor

Vehement, dire, hateful, rough, austere; vehemens, atrox, odiosus, asper, austerus, acerbus :-- Iudiþ, egesfull and afor Judith, dreadful and vehement, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 13; Jud. 257. Afrum onfengum with their dire attempts, Exon. 403; Th. 133, 15; Gú. 490. Ðæt [sǽd] byþ þreóhyrne, and hyt byþ afor and sweart the scent is three-cornered, and it is rough and swarthy, Herb. 181, 1; Lchdm, i. 316, 11. [Goth. ,-brs strong: O. Nrs. æfr sævus, vehemens, ferox.] v. nefre. a-for,afor

Runic Inscription

ᚪᚠᚩᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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