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Old English Dictionary Entry

Dýfan

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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

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚣᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Exon.
Exeter Book
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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