Rifter

Old English Dictionary Entry

Rifter

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: riftr, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 rifter

m. An instrument for reaping, a sickle, scythe :-- Riftr falx, Txts. 62, 430. Rifter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 1. Wíngeardseax, rifte[r] vel sicul falx, 146, 76. Riftre falce, 79, 69. Riftras falcis, 108, 19. rifter

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ᚱᛁᚠᛏᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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