Dífan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Dífan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 dífan

to make deaf or dull, to deaden sound. [N. E. D. deaf; deave. Goth. ga-daubjan to dull, harden the heart: O. H. Ger. touben: Icel. deyfa to blunt, stupefy]

Runic Inscription

ᛞᛁᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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