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þúf

  • noun [ masculine ]
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þúf, es; m.
A tuft.
applied to foliage
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  • Þúfum

    crinibus

    (the passage is: Dum virgas steriles atque superfluas flammis de fidei palmite concremant, ut concreta vagis vinea crinibus silvosi inluviem poneret idoli),
    • Germ, 402, 71.
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v. þúf-bǽre, and following words.
the crest of a helmet(?). v. Lydus de magistrat. καλoυσι δέ αύτάs oί μέν 'Pωμαιoι ίoύβαs oί δέ βάρβαρoι τoυφάs. v. next section.
a kind of standard, made with tufts of feathers
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  • Illud genus vexilli, quod Romani Tufam (tufa genus vexilli ex confertis plumarum globis, v. Du Cange s. v.), Angli vero Tuuf (v. ll. thuuf, thuf,
    • Txts. 137, 1
    ), ante eum ferri solebat (the A.-S. version has only Him mon symle ðær tácen beforan bær),
    • Bd. 2, 16.

  • Ðá wæs þúf hafen, segen for sweótum,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 246
      • ;
    • El. 123.

  • Sunu Simeones sweótum cómon, þúfas wundon ofer gárfare,

    • Cd. Th. 199, 22
      • ;
    • Exod. 342.

  • Hié gesáwon þúfas þunian,

    • 187, 32
      • ;
    • Exod. 158.
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v. sige-þúf.
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v.  ge-þúf þuuf.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þúf.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/32216.

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