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Old English Dictionary Entry

Bi-fón

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1 bi-fón

p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen, -fongen. I. to comprehend, grasp, seize, take hold of, attach, catch, ensnare; comprehendere, apprehendere, reprehendere, deprehendere, capere :-- Folm mec mæg bifón the hand may grasp me, Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 6; Rä. 41, 52. II. to surround, encompass, encircle, envelop, contain, invest, clothe, case, receive, conceive; circumdare, amplecti, capere, cingere, tegere, operire, accipere, concipere :-- Flǽsce bifongen surrounded with flesh, Exon 98 a; Th. 368, 33; Seel. 34.
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁ-ᚠᚩᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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