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Old English Dictionary Entry

Driffeld

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1 Driffeld

gen. es; dat. a, e; m. [in A. D. 1360 it was written Dyrffeld] Great DRIFFIELD, in the East Riding of Yorkshire; oppĭdi nomen in agro Eboracensi :-- Hér Aldfriþ Norþan Hymbra cining forþférde, on xix kl' Jan. on Driffelda in this year [A. D. 705] Alfred, king of the Northumbrians, died at Driffield, on the 19th of the kalends of January [December 14th], Chr. 705; Erl. 43, 33. driffeld
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚱᛁᚠᚠᛖᛚᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
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