úf

Old English Dictionary Entry

úf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: húf; þrípel-úf? uf

Definitions

1 úf

m. An owl; the word also glosses vultur :-- Uuf bubo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 28. Úf, i. 29, 45. Ðes úf hic uultur, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Zup. 48, 17 note. [O. H. Ger. úvo bubo: Icel. úfr some kind of bird.]

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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