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Un-fére

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1 un-fére

adj. Incapacitated, disabled, infirm, feeble :-- Se wæs Æþelstánes biscopes gespelia syððan hé unfére wæs, Chr. 1055; Erl. 190, 21. [Þa iwærð þe king unfere. Swa þe king seoc læi ... ne mihte he þer of beon hæl, Laym. 6780. Al unfer he it (Moses's leprous hand) fond, Gen. and Ex. 2810. Þat licour for to dele unto þe unfere, L. H. R. 115, 277. See also Halliwell's Dict. Icel. ú-fœrr disabled.] un-fere
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᚠᛖᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icel.
Icelandic
L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
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