Hrífnian(?)

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

hrífnian(?)

to become rapacious or ferocious (hrífe). [See ge-hrifnian, where the verb has been connected with hrif; the better sense may be obtained if the word is connected with hrífe; and in this case should be written ge-hrífnian.] hrifnian