Geafel

Old English Dictionary Entry

Geafel

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: gaflas. geafel

Definitions

1 geafel

m? A fork :-- Hine ufan mid ísenum geaflum ðydon from above pierced him with iron forks, Homl. Th. i. 430, 5. [Gaffle a dung-fork, Halliwell : Ger. gabel : cf. O. H. Ger. isarngabala, f. tridens.]

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛠᚠᛖᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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