Cot-líf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cot-líf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: 191, 13: 845; Kmbl. iv. 204, 31: 855; Kmbl. iv. 211, 25: 859; Kmbl. iv. 214, 6: 864; Kmbl. iv. 217, 7. He bohte feola cotlíf

Definitions

1 cot-líf

pl. nom. acc. -líf; gen. -lífa; n. [cot a cot, cottage; líf, II. a place to live in] A village; villa :-- Ðæt cotlíf the village, Cod. Dipl. 828; A. D. 1066; Kmbl. ihe bought many villages, Chr. 963; Erl. 121, 24. Hý forbærndon óðra cotlífa fela they burned many other villages, 1001; Erl. 136, 32. cot-lif

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚩᛏ-ᛚᛁᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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