Rúm-gifol

Old English Dictionary Entry

Rúm-gifol

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ) þegne, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 330. rum-gifol

Definitions

1 rúm-gifol

adj. Liberal, bountiful, munificent :-- Rúmgifol, cystig prodiga, larga, Germ. 395, 18. Monig biþ ágiéta his góda and wilnaþ mid ðý geearnigan ðone hlísan ðæt hé síe rúmgiful se effusio sub apellatione largitatis occultat, Past. 20; Swt. 149, 7. Ic Óswald þurh ða rúmgiflan Godes cyste tó biscope gehádod, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 400, 25. Hé gewende of Róme mid ðam rúmgyfolan (-geofolan, MS.

Runic Inscription

ᚱᚢᛗ-ᚷᛁᚠᚩᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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