Gár-clife

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gár-clife

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: agrimonia. gar-clife

Definitions

1 gár-clife

f. Agrimony; agrĭmōnia eupătŏria :-- Genim ðas wyrte, ðe man agrimoniam, and óðrum naman gárclife nemneþ take this herb, which is named agrimony, and by another name garclive, Herb. 32, 1; Lchdm. i. 130, 3. Genim gárclifan take garclive, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 266, 8. Gárclifan etan ǽrende fúllíc getácnaþ to eat agrimony betokens a disagreeable message, Somn. 20; Lchdm. iii. 198, 24.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚪᚱ-ᚳᛚᛁᚠᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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