Old English Dictionary Entry

Rif

Part of speech: (?) ;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 rif

adj. Fierce :-- Ic wiste ðæt úre fór wæs þurh ða lond and stówe ðe missenlícra cynna eardung in wæs rifra wildeóra ego sciebam per bestiosa loco nobis iter esse, Nar. 10, 5. Ða rifista ferociora, Rtl. 125, 31. rif,-rif

Similar Words

(-)réd(-)
-raca
-racodteágian
-rád
-rádian

Runic Inscription

ᚱᛁᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc