Old English Dictionary Entry

Gifre

Related words: ungifre, and cf.

Definitions

1 definitions

1 gifre

adj. Useful, salutary :-- Niðum to nytte hæleþum gifre of advantage to men, useful to warriors, Exon. 107 b; Th. 409, 12; Rä. 27, 28: 113 a; Th. 433, 6; Rä. 50, 3. Icel. gæfr. gifre

Similar Words

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

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛁᚠᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Icel.: Icelandic

Works & Authors

Exon.: Exeter Book
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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