Hilfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hilfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 hilfan

helfan to halve, divide into two parts :-- Herbid (helbid?) bipertitum (cf. bipertitum, in duobus pertitum, 128), Corp. Gl. H. 25, 138; Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 2. [Cf. Scipen gunnen helden, bosmes þer rendden, seiles þer helfden (split in half), Laym. 7851.] hilfan

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛁᛚᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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