Forfang-feoh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Forfang-feoh

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 forfang-feoh

gen. -feós; n. The reward for rescuing stolen cattle or lost property; merces, quæ bŏnōrum surreptōrum restĭtūtōri dătur :-- Gyf hit ðonne elles on hýdelse funden sý, ðonne mæg ðæt forfangfeoh leóhtre beón if otherwise it be found in a hiding-place, the reward for rescuing it may be less, L. Ff; Th. i. 226, 5. forfang-feoh

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱᚠᚪᛝ-ᚠᛇᚻ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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