Fíf-leáf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fíf-leáf

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 fíf-leáf

n: -leáfe, an; f. Fiveleaf, cinquefoil; potemilla reptans, quinquefŏlium :-- Fífleáfe, Ælfc. Gl. 43; Som. 64, 54; Wrt. Voc. 31, 64: 68, 69: 79, 33: 286, 40: Herb. 3; Lchdm. i. 86, 20. Fífleáfan seáw juice of fiveleaf, Herb. 3, 2; Lchdm. i. 86, 24. Genim fífleáfan wyrtwalan take the root of fiveleaf, Herb. 3, 3; Lchdm. i. 86, 28. Genim fífleáfan ða wyrt take the herb fiveleaf, Herb. 3, 5; Lchdm. i. 88, 3, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20. fif-leaf

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛁᚠ-ᛚᛖᚪᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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