Ge-cearfan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-ceorfan;

ge-cearfan

p. earf To kill, cut off or up; interficere, decollare :-- Gie soecas mec gecearfa quaeritis me interficere, Jn. Skt. Lind. 8, 37; 40. Ðone ic gecearf quem ego decollavi, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 16. ge-cearfan