Un-fáh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-fáh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: un-fǽhþ. un-fah

Definitions

1 un-fáh

adj. Not regarded as a foe, used of the kinsmen of a criminal when not involved in the feud which their kinsman's guilt occasioned :-- Gif hwá heonanforð ǽnigne man ofsleá, ðæt hé wege sylf ða fǽhðe ... Gif hine seó mǽgð forlǽte ... ðonne wille ic ðæt eall seó mǽgð sý unfáh, bútan ðam handdǽdan, L. Edm. S. 1; Th. i. 248, 2-7. [O. Frs. unfách.]

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᚠᚪᚻ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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