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yrfe

  • noun [ neuter ]
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yrfe, (cf. orf; or (?) irfe, q. v.), es; n.
Cattle
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  • For án eówre yrfe sceal beón hér

    oves tantum vestrae et armenta remaneant,

      Ex. 10, 24.

  • Gnættas wǽron gewordene on mannum and on yrfe (

    in jumentis

    ),
      8, 17.

  • Eft hwyrfende wæs tó ðæm yrfe and tó ðæm ceápe and tó heora gesetum,

      Blickl. Homl. 199, 6.

  • Ǽgðer ge on mannum ge on gehwelces cynnes yrfe,

      Chr. 910; Erl. 100, 14.

  • Menn and yrfe (orf,

    v. l.

    ) hí slógon,
      1010; Erl. 143, 28.

  • Ðá ðæt land ǽrest mín láford mǽ tó lǽt, ðá wæs hit ierfelæás (

    omni peccunia caruit) . . . . And ic sælf ðæt ierfæ (peccuniam) tó gestríndæ . . . . Ðonnæ is ðǽr nú irfæs (pecuniae )

    ðæs ðæs stranga wintær lǽfæd hæfð nigon ealð hríðru, and feówer and hundændlæftig ealdra swína,
      Chart. Th. 162, 26-163, 4.
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v. irfe.
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v.  erfe.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “yrfe.” 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/37264.

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