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cáfer-tún

  • noun [ masculine ]
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cáfer-tún, es; m.
A hall, inclosure, court, vestibule; atrium, vestibulum
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  • Mycel and rúm heall vel cáfertún

    atrium,

      Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 79, 21; Wrt. Voc. 58, 61: Lk. Bos. 11, 21: Jn. Bos. 18, 15: Bt. 18, 1; Rawl. 38, 30.
  • Seó fǽmne geneálǽhte ðam cáfertúne ðyses húses

    the maiden came nigh the court of this house,

      Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 36: 5, 2 ; S. 615, 2: Ps. Lamb. 95, 9.
  • For ðí ðe is betere án dæg on ðínum cáfertúnum ofer þúsenda hér

    quia melior est dies una in atriis tuis super milia;

      Ps. Lamb. 83, 11: 95, 8: 115, 8: 121, 2: 134, 2: Ps. Th. 121, 2 : 133, 2: 134, 2.
  • Infaraþ on cáfertúnas his on ymnum

    introite atria [courts] ejus in hymnis,

      Ps. Spl. 99, 4: Ps. Lamb. 99, 4.
Derived forms
DER. cífan.
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v.  ceafer-tún.
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