Ge-fáh, gefáhmon

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-fáh, gefáhmon

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: fáh, ge-fá. gefahmon,ge-fah

Definitions

1 ge-fáh, gefáhmon

Substitute: ge-fáh; adj. Exposed to the hostility of a slain man's friends because of the murder, at feud :-- Be manslihte ... Gif of þǽre óðre mǽgðe hwá wrace dó on ǽnigum óðrum men bútan on þám rihthanddǽdan, sý hé gefáh wið þone cyning and wið ealle his frýnd, Ll. Th. i. 248, 12. [O. H. Ger. ge-féh feidosus, odiosus.]

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚠᚪᚻ, ᚷᛖᚠᚪᚻᛗᚩᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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