Old English Dictionary Entry

Gifte

Part of speech: an;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 gifte

f. Dowry :-- Gilde be ðære giftan mǽþe reddat pecuniam juxta modum dotis quam virgines accipere consueverunt, Ex. 22, 17. [Cf. L. Alf. 29; Th. i. 52, 8; and see gift.] gifte

Similar Words

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

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛁᚠᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

L.: Latin

Works & Authors

Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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