Gefá

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gefá

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gefá
Add: (1) in a general sense, a foe :-- Sé ðe wæs cyrican éhtere ..., þonne onscunode heó hine swylce hé wǽre hire gefá, Wlfst. 237, 27. (2) in a legal sense, one who is party to a blood-feud (a) as pursuer :-- Gif þeów wealh Engliscne monnan ofslihð ... héden his þá gefán, Ll. Th. i. 150, 1. Gif hé self his wǽpno his gefán út rǽcan wille, 64, 18. (b) as pursued :-- Be fǽhðum. Wé beódað, se mon, sé þe his gefán hámsittendne wite, ꝥ hé ne feohte ǽr þám þe hé him ryhtes bidde, Ll. Th. i. 90, 2. Ꝥ náðor ne hý ne wé ne underfón óðres þeóf ne óðres gefán, 288, 5. ge-fa,gefa
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