Be-rýfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-rýfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: = be-reófan Related words:

Definitions

1 be-rýfan

to bereave; spoliare, privare :-- Ðá hí þohton þeóden-stóles rícne berýfan then they thought to bereave the powerful of his throne, Exon. 84 a; Th. 317, 9; Mód. 63. DER. reófan to reave, rob, bereave. be-ryfan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚱᚣᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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