ár-ful

Old English Dictionary Entry

ár-ful

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: ár-full; Related words:

Definitions

1 ár-ful

adj. Venerable, respectful, favourable, merciful, mild; honorabilis, venerabilis, propitius, reverens :-- Ic Æðelbald wæs beden from ðæm árfullan bisceope Milrede I Æthelbald have been solicited by the venerable bishop Milred, Th. Diplm. A. D. 743-745; 28, 22. Se ðe árfull biþ eallum unrihtwísum ðínum qui propitiatur omnibus iniqui-tatibus tuis, Ps. Spl. M. 102, 3. Cristenra manna gehwilc beó árful fæder and méder Christianorum quivis reverenter habeat patrem et matrem, Wulfst. paræn. 7. ar-ful

Runic Inscription

ᚪᚱ-ᚠᚢᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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