Old English Dictionary Entry

Bí-fylc

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 bí-fylc

n. [bí by, near to; fylc a tribe, country, province] A neighbouring people, province, or region; provincia vel populus adjacens :-- Of eallum ðyssum bífylcum de cunctis prope provinciis, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 11. bi-fylc

Similar Words

-bald
-bátian, -bátung
-beámed(e)
-beámen
-bearde, -beardede

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁ-ᚠᚣᛚᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)

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