Ymb-ceorfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ymb-ceorfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 ymb-ceorfan

p. -cearf, pl. -curfon; pp. -corfen To circumcise :-- Gé ymbceorfas (-cearfas, Lind.) ðone monno circumciditis hominem, Jn. Skt. Rush. 7, 22. Tó ymbceorfanne (-cearfanne, Lind.) ðone cnæht circumcidere puerum, Lk. Skt. Rush. 1, 59. Ðætte ymbcorfen wére ðe cnæht, 2, 21. ymb-ceorfan

Runic Inscription

ᚣᛗᛒ-ᚳᛇᚱᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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