Old English Dictionary Entry

Geafel

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

Definitions

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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.]

Similar Words

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

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛠᚠᛖᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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