Port-geréfa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Port-geréfa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: 117, 27. On Ælfgǽres gewitnesse portgeréfa and Ælfwærdes portgeréfa þe ꝥ toll námon for þæs cynges hand, Cht. E. 256, 16-18: 259, 9: 27: 262, 2: 264, 12: 271, 12: 273, 7. port-gerefa

Definitions

1 port-geréfa

Add: I. an official of a foreign town :-- Se biscop árás and mid him se portgeréfa (of Ephesus), and þá yldostan portmen, Hml. S. 23, 749. II. an English official :-- Þes ceáp wæs geceápod on Wii ætforan ealra scýre. Þises is tó gewitnesse Eádrige arceb. . . . Godríc portgeréfa, C. D. i

Runic Inscription

ᛈᚩᚱᛏ-ᚷᛖᚱᛖᚠᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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