Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

sundor-gifu

  • noun [ feminine ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
sundor-gifu, e; f.
A special gift or grace, prerogative, privilege
    Cd. Th. 254, 4; Dan. 606.
For ðære sundorgife ðe him God sealde gumena ríce, Wé swylc ne gefrugnan ǽfre gelimpan, ðæt ðú in sundurgiefe swylce befénge, Exon. Th. 6, 6; Cri. 80. God monnum syleþ sundorgiefe God gives to each man a special gift, 293, 22; Crä. 5. Sindergife privilegium, Hpt. Gl. 466, 76. Ǽlc cræft hæfþ his sundorgife and ða gife and ðone weorþscipe ðe hé hæfþ hé forgifþ ǽlcum ðara ðe hine lufaþ inest dignitas propria virtuti, quam in eos, quibus fuerit adjuncta, transfundit, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 30. Sundorgife prerogativa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 37. Syndergyfa, Hpt. Gl. 468, 53.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. suntar-gepa.]
Linked entries
v.  synder-gifu.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • sundor-gifu, n.