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ilfette

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
ilfette, an: ilfetu, e ; f.
A swan
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  • Aelbitu

    olor, cicnus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 47
    • :

    tantalus,

    • 98, 30.
  • Ilfatu

    alvor,

    • 6, 55
    • .
  • Ilfetu

    olor,

    • 63, 40.
  • Ylfete

    cignus,

    • Ælfc. Gl, 36
    • ;
    • Som. 62, 105
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 29, 3.
  • Elfetu,

    • Wrt. Voc. 62, 5
    • .
  • Ylfette

    olor vel cingnus,

    • 77, 25
    • .
  • Ylfete song

    the song of the swan,

    • Exon. 81 b
    • ;
    • Th. 307, 6
    • ;
    • Seef. 19
    • .
  • Sume fugelas beóþ langsweorede swá swá ylfettan

    some birds are long-necked, such as swans,

    • Hexam. 8
    • ;
    • Norm. 14, 17
    • .
Etymology
[
Icel. álpt, álft 'the common Icel. word for swan; svan is only poët'
:
O. H. Ger. albiz, alpiz, elpiz olor, Grff. i. 243.
]
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v.  elfetu aelbitu.
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