Gifre

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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gifre

Add :-- Ic wāt eardfæstne ānne standan, deáfne dumban, sē oft swilged gifrum lācum (the subject of the riddle is a bookcase, the gifre lāc are books), Rä. 50, 3. 7u In Rä 270 a book is the subject. gifre