Old English Dictionary Entry

Irfan

Related words: wyrðe], Chart. Th. 578, 9. v. [?] Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. i. xxxiii-v on the leases of church lands for lives, in which such phrases as the following occur :-- His dæg forgeaf, and æfter his dæg twám

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1 irfan

p. de To inherit :-- Yrfan hí swá hí wyrðe witan let the land devolve upon such as they know to be worthy or entitled [yrfeweardum. Such lives were sometimes named in the instrument setting forth the grant. [O. Frs. ervia to inherit : O. L. Ger. gi-ervan hereditare : Icel. erfa to honour with a funeral feast; mod. to inherit : O.H. Ger. erbet hæreditabit : Ger. erben.] irfan

Similar Words

-íge
-íwness
-íþan
-íþian
-íþrian

Runic Inscription

ᛁᚱᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icel.: Icelandic
L.: Latin