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and-leofa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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and-leofa, -lifa (an-), an; m.
Sustenance, food
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  • Wesaþ þancfulle þon Hǽlende eóweres andleofan,

      Bl. H. 169, 16.
  • Eal hé sealde búton ðone dæghwámlican andleofan þe hé néde big lifgean sceolde,

      213, 20: Sat. 522.
  • Eów andlifan syllan and eów eówre þearfe forgifan

    quae uictui sunt necessaria ministrare,

      Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 55, 11.
  • Andleofan, 20.
  • Hé him eallum hét dón andlifan genóhne,

      Ll. Th. ii. 372, 30. v. an-leofa in Dict.
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v.  an-leofa.
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  • and-leofa, n.