Rift

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - rift

According to the Old English Dictionary:

rifte, es;

rift
n. A veil, curtain, cloak :-- Rift laena, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 42 : palla, 116, 35 : biuligo, niger velamen, 126, 38 : cicla, 131, 28. Hwítel l ryft sagum, i. 284, 62 : pallium, Ps. Surt. 103, 6. Ðý áwundenan ryfte plumario, Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 15. Hé nywolnessa swá swá ryfte (pallium) him tó gewǽde woruhte, Ps. Th. 103, 7. Sprenge se sacerd seofon síðon on ðæt ryft (velum), LeO. H. Ger. pein-refta tibarii : Icel. ript; f.; ripti; n. a kind of cloth or linen jerkin.] v. bán-, cneó-, fleóg-, hálig-, wáh-rift. rift

Related words: 4, 17. [

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