Ele-greófa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ele-greófa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: greófa); or

Definitions

1 ele-greófa

m. An oil-pot (fibrous material saturated with oil (?) (cf. O. H. Ger. grinbo frixorium, cremium vel siccamina lignorum: Ger. griebe fibrous remains of lard, &c. after being fried):--Elegreóuena naptarum (the passage is: incendia naptarum fomite succensa: cf. heordena, tyrwena naptarum, An. Ox. 1649. The glosser may have thought of the fire as fed by oil from cans, or by tow soaked in oil), An. Ox. 7, 87: 8, 99. ele-greofa

Runic Inscription

ᛖᛚᛖ-ᚷᚱᛖᚩᚠᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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