An-forht

Old English Dictionary Entry

An-forht

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 an-forht

adj. Fearful, timid; timidus :-- Ne þearf ðonne ǽnig anforht [MS. unforht] wesan no one then need be fearful, Rood Kmbl. 232; Kr. 117. DER. forht. an-forht

Runic Inscription

ᚪᚾ-ᚠᚩᚱᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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