Heáfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Heáfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: heófan. heafan

Definitions

1 heáfan

p. heóf, hóf To mourn, wail, lament :-- Ðæt wíf hóf hreówigmód the woman mourned repentant, Cd. 37; Th. 48, 5; Gen. 771. Heófon gehygd they lamented their purpose, 221; Th. 285, 28; Sat. 344.

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚪᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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