Irfe-láf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Irfe-láf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 irfe-láf

f. An hereditary relic, heirloom, what is left of an inheritance, inheritance, heir :-- Hé fédeþ folc Iacobes and Israhéla yrfeláfe pascere Jacob servum suum, et Israel hæreditatem suam, Ps. Th. 77, 70. Ǽghwylcum máððum gesealde yrfeláfe to each he gave a gift, an heirloom, Beo.Th. 2110; B. 1053. Hé bátwearde swurd gesealde, ðæt hé syððan wæs mádme ðý weorðra, yrfeláfe, 3810; B. 1903. Wolde líge gesyllan his swǽsne sunu ángan ofer eorþan yrfeláfe he [Abraham] was ready to give to the flame, his dear son, the only heir that was left him on earth, Cd. 162; Th. 203, 14 ; Exod. 403. irfe-laf

Runic Inscription

ᛁᚱᚠᛖ-ᛚᚪᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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