Selfe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Selfe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: In the same way,

Definitions

1 selfe

ad in combination with swá: cf. gelíce, same :-- Hé forlǽt lífes frumsceaft and his ágene æðelo swá selfe. Met. 17, 25. Hæfþ ða wilnunga welhwilc néten and ða yrsunga eác swá selfe, 20, 192, 199. [Cf. O. Sax. só self also, likewise; O. H. Ger. só selp (só), selp só sic, sicut.] selfe

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛖᛚᚠᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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