Old English Dictionary Entry

Rípe

Related words: sǽd-, un-rípe. ripe

Definitions

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1 rípe

adj. Ripe, mature :-- Rípe deáþ matura mors, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 19. Swíðe rípe matura satis, ii. 58, 36. Swá swá rípe yrþ quasi maturam segetem, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 35. Se westmbǽra hærfest bringþ rípa bléda, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 15 : Met. 29, 63. [O. Sax. rípi : O. H. Ger. rífi.]

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Runic Inscription

ᚱᛁᛈᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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