Lyffettan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Lyffettan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 lyffettan

p. te To flatter, pay court to :-- Ic lyffytte adulor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 63. Ða byrþeras ðe hine tó byrgenne feredon synd ólæcunga lyffetyndra geférena the bearers who carried him to the grave are the blandishments of flattering companions, Homl. Th. i. 492, 28. Lyffetyndra tungan gewríðaþ manna sáwla on synnum the tongues of flatterers bind the souls of men in sins, 494, 6. lyffettan

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ᛚᚣᚠᚠᛖᛏᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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