Irfe-hand

Old English Dictionary Entry

Irfe-hand

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: a ; Related words: hand. irfe-hand

Definitions

1 irfe-hand

f. One who manages the estate of a deceased person, an administrator [?] :-- Se mann se tó londe fóe ágefe hire erfehonda xiii pund pendingæ and heó forgifeþ xv pund for dý ðe mon ðás feorme ðý soel gelǽste let the man who succeeds to the land give to her administrator thirteen pounds of pennies; and he will give fifteen pounds, in order that this refection may be the better provided, Chart. Th. 474, 9.

Runic Inscription

ᛁᚱᚠᛖ-ᚻᚪᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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