Ge-sweorfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-sweorfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: sweorfan. ge-sweorfan

Definitions

1 ge-sweorfan

p. -swearf, pl. -swurfon; pp. -sworfen To file or rub off to polish off; expolire :-- To ásworfenum óran, to gesworfenum óran sub expolita, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 142, 19.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᚹᛇᚱᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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