þearflícness

Old English Dictionary Entry

þearflícness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 þearflícness

f. Poverty, neediness :-- Þærflícnys paupertas, Hpt. Gl. 438, 60. Þerflícnes mendicitas, Kent. Gl. 950. On þearflícnysse in paupertate, Ps. Spl. 30, 13: Scint. 127, 18: 148, 2. Þearflícnysse hé ondrét paupertatem ueretur, 179, 8. Þearflícnysse lufian paupertatem diligere, Cod. Dip. B. i. 155, 7. þearflicness

Runic Inscription

ᚦᛠᚱᚠᛚᛁᚳᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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