cyrf
Pronunciation: /kyrf/
“cyrf” is an Old English word. Its 3 meanings in English:
noun
- an instrument used for cutting
- a cutting (off)
- what is cut off
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kurbi, from Proto-Germanic *kurbiz, from *kerbaną (“to carve”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”) (compare Old Prussian gīrbin (“number”), Old Church Slavonic жрѣбии (žrěbii, “lot, tallymark”), Ancient Greek γράφειν (gráphein, “to scratch, etch”)). Cognate with Old Frisian kerf (“incision, cutting, notch”).
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