Of-cyrf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Of-cyrf

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 of-cyrf

m. I. a cutting off, amputation :-- Hwæt getácnaþ ðæs fylmenes ofcyrf, Homl. Th. i. 94, 32. II. that which is cut off :-- Hé tócearf his basing on emtwá, and sealde óðerne dǽl ðam earman wædlan, and mid ðam ofcyrfe hine eft bewǽfde (wrapped himself in the remaining portion of the cloak), Homl. Th. ii. 500, 27. Heó (the cross) is wíde tódǽled mid gelómlícum ofcyrfum (by the bits often cut off it), H. R. 105, 14. of-cyrf

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ᚩᚠ-ᚳᚣᚱᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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