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CEORFAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
CEORFAN, ceorfende; ic ceorfe, ðú ceorfest, cyrfst, he ceorfeþ, cyrfþ, ceorfaþ; ic, he cearf, ðú curfe,;curfon; corfen; v. a.
Wright's OE grammar
§66; §85; §91; §311; §500;
To cut, cut down, hew, rend, tear, CARVE, engrave; secare, concidere, succidere, excidere, conscindere, incidere, infindere
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  • He wæs hine sylfne mid stánum ceorfende

    erat concidens se lapidibus,

    • Mk. Bos. 5, 5
      • .

  • He cearf of heora handa and heora nosa

    he cut off their hands and their noses,

    • Chr. 1014
      • ;
    • Erl. 151, 10
      • .

  • Híg curfon ðone ram eall to sticceon

    they cut the ram all to pieces,

    • Lev. 8, 20
      • .

  • Corfen

    cut,

    • Exon. 107b
      • ;
    • Th. 410, 24
      • ;
    • Rä. 29, 4
      • .

  • Treówa ceorfan

    to hew trees,

    • Obs. Lun. § 11
      • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 188, 24: Cd. 200
      • ;
    • Th. 248, 11
      • ;
    • Dan. 511
      • .

  • On wuda treówa mid æxum hí curfon dura

    in silva lignorum securibus exciderunt januas,

    • Ps. Spl. 73, 7
      • .

  • Curfon hie ðæt moldern of beorhtan stáne

    they hewed the sepulchre out of bright stone,Rood

    • Kmbl. 132
      • ;
    • Kr. 66
      • .

  • Ðú toslite oððe curfe hǽran míne

    thou hast rent my sackcloth;

    conscidisti saccum meum,
    • Ps. Spl. 29, 13
      • .

  • Ísene ceorfan

    to carve or engrave with iron,

    • Past. 37, 3
      • ;
    • Hat. MS. 50b, 5
      • .

  • Ceorfende

    infindens,

    • Cot. 111
      • .
Etymology
[
R. Glouc. carf cut:
Chauc. corven,pp;
Scot. kerf:
Plat. karven:
Frs. kerven:
O. Frs. kerva:
Dut. kerven:
Ger. M. H. Ger. kerben:
Dan. karve:
Swed. karfva.
]
Derived forms
a-ceorfan, be-, for-, of-, ofa-, to-, ymb-
Linked entries
v.  curfon cerfe.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “CEORFAN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/6046.

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