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CEALF

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
CEALF, celf, calf, es; cealfru, calfru; n. m.
Wright's OE grammar
§64; §72; §294; §311; §420;
A CALF; vitulus, vitula
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  • He genam án fætt cealf

    tulit vitulum tenerrimum,

    • Gen. 18, 7.
  • He ofslóh án fæt celf

    occidit vitulum saginatum,

    • Lk. Foxe 15, 27.
  • Ne onfó ic ná of eówrum húse cealfas

    non accipiam de domo tua vitulos,

    • Ps. Th. 49, 10.
  • Ðæt hálige cealf

    the holy calf,

    • Ps. C. 50, 137
    • ;
    • Ps. Grn. ii. 280, 137
    • .
  • Me ymbhringdon mænige calfru

    circumdederunt me vituli multi,

    • Ps. Th. 21, 10.
  • Ic ne on-foo of húse ðínum calferu

    non accipiam de domo tua vitulos,

    • Ps. Surt. 49, 9.
  • On-settaþ ofer wi-bed ðín calfer

    acc. pl. imponent super altare tuum vitulos,

    • 50, 21.
Etymology
Orm. callf:
Plat. kalf, kalv, n:
O. Sax. calf, n:
Dut. kalf, n:
Ger. kalb, n:
M. H. Ger. kalp, n:
O. H. Ger. kalb, n:
Goth. kalbo, f. = a young cow, heifer:
Dan. kalv, m. f:
Swed. kalf, m:
Icel. kálfr, m.
Linked entries
v.  calf calferu calfru calfur cealfian celf cielf.
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  • CEALF, n.