Old English Dictionary Entry

úf

Part of speech: es; Related words: húf , þrípel-úf? uf

Definitions

1 definitions

1 úf

m. An owl; the word also glosses vultur :-- Uuf bubo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 28. Úf, i. 29, 45. Ðes úf hic uultur, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Zup. 48, 17 note. [O. H. Ger. úvo bubo: Icel. úfr some kind of bird.]

Similar Words

U
uf-weard
ufan
ufan(-en(n)e)
ufan-cumende

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Icel.: Icelandic

Works & Authors

Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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