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ælf-sciéne

  • adjective
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ælf-sciéne, -sciéno; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§640;
Beautiful, like an elf or nymph, of elfin beauty; formosus ut genius vel nympha
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  • Mæg ælfsciéno = ides ælfsciéno

    O woman of elfin beauty!

    • Cd. 86; Th. 109, 23
    • ;
    • Gen. 1827
    • :
    • Cd. 130; Th. 165, 11
    • ;
    • Gen. 2730
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  • ælf-sciéne, adj.