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Old English Dictionary Entry

Rift

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n. A veil, curtain, cloak :-- Rift laena, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 42 : palla, 116, 35 : biuligo, niger velamen, 126, 38 : cicla, 131, 28. Hwítel l ryft sagum, i. 284, 62 : pallium, Ps. Surt. 103, 6. Ðý áwundenan ryfte plumario, Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 15. Hé nywolnessa swá swá ryfte (pallium) him tó gewǽde woruhte, Ps. Th. 103, 7. Sprenge se sacerd seofon síðon on ðæt ryft (velum), LeO. H. Ger. pein-refta tibarii : Icel. ript; f.; ripti; n. a kind of cloth or linen jerkin.]
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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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