Old English Dictionary Entry

Gafol-yrþ

Part of speech: e;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 gafol-yrþ

f. The cultivation of tribute-land; tribūtāriæ terræ arātio :-- His gafolyrþe [MS. gauolyrþe] iii æceras erige, and sáwe of his ágenum berne de arātūra gabli sui arābit iii acras, et semĭnābit de horreo suo, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 18. gafol-yrþ

Similar Words

-gal
-gale (-a)
-galness
-gangendlic
-gealla

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚪᚠᚩᛚ-ᚣᚱᚦ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

L.: Latin

Works & Authors

R.: Riddles (Exeter Book)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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