Rif

Old English Dictionary Entry

Rif

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 rif

adj. Fierce :-- Ic wiste ðæt úre fór wæs þurh ða lond and stówe ðe missenlícra cynna eardung in wæs rifra wildeóra ego sciebam per bestiosa loco nobis iter esse, Nar. 10, 5. Ða rifista ferociora, Rtl. 125, 31. rif,-rif

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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