Cáf-líce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cáf-líce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: Quickly, hastily, stoutly, manfully, valiantly;

Definitions

1 cáf-líce

ad velociter, viriliter :-- Ðám gemettum wæs beboden ðæt hí sceoldon cáflíce etan the partakers were commanded to eat quickly, Homl. Th. ii. 282, 3: i. 494, 11: Glos. Prudent. Reed. 146, 38: Byrht. Th. 136, 19; By. 153: Num. 31, 6. DER. cífan. caf-lice

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚪᚠ-ᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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