Dýfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Dýfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: dúfan. dyfan

Definitions

1 dýfan

p. de; pp. ed To dip, immerse; immergĕre :-- Mec feónda sum dýfde on wætre some enemy dipped me in water, Exon. 107 a; Th. 407, 32; Rä. 27, 3. He hine on ðam streáme sencte and dýfde he sank and immersed himself in the stream, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 22. [Icel. dýfa to dip.]

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚣᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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