Be-líflan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-líflan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 be-líflan

p. ode To deprive of life, kill:--Hé wæs wælhreáw cwel-lere, and fela belífode gelýfedra manna, Hml. Th. ii. 308, 5. Hé hǽt his underðeóddan hine belífian, 36, 10. Belífian (vel beheáfdian), Hml. S. 12, 221. be-liflan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛚᛁᚠᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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