Efor-fearn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Efor-fearn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: eofor-fearn. efor-fearn

Definitions

1 efor-fearn

n. A species of fern, polypody; rădiŏlus, polypŏdium = GREEK :-- Herba rădiŏla ðæt is efor-fearn, Herb. cont. 85; Lchdm. i. 34, 7. Ðeós wyrt, ðe man rădiŏlum, and óðrum naman efor-fearn, nemneþ, ys gelíc fearne, and heó byþ cenned on stánigum stówum, and on ealdum hús-stedum, and heó hæfþ on ǽghwylcum leáfe twá endebyrdnyssa fægerra pricena, and ða scínaþ swá gold this plant, which is named rădiŏlus, and by another name everfern, is like fern, and it is produced in stony places, and in old homesteads, and it has on each leaf two rows of beautiful spots, and they shine like gold, Herb. 85, 1; Lchdm. i. 188, 10-14: L. M. 1, 17; Lchdm. ii. 60, 13.

Runic Inscription

ᛖᚠᚩᚱ-ᚠᛠᚱᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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