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bí-leofa

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§570;
subsistence, maintenance, provision; in a limited sense victuals
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  • Hé sǽde ꝥ ꝥ feoh wǽre widewena bigleofa of gódra manna ælmyssan,

    • Hml. S. 25, 765
      • .

  • Leahtras fóda, deáðes bigleafa,

    • 7, 26
      • .

  • Þæs mannes bíleofa is tó besceáwianne,

    • Lch. ii. 210, 18
      • :
    • R. Ben. 64, 3
      • .

  • Ne sý regoles stræc gehealden on heora bíleofan

    (alimentis),

    • 61, 15
      • .

  • Sýfre on bigleofan

    sobrii,

    • Hml. A. 52, 52
      • .

  • Þá ðe hæfdon sum þing lytles tó bigleofan, ꝥ reáferas of þám múðe him ábrúdon,

    • 68, 72
      • .

  • Ǽlcum hláforde gedafenaþ ðæt hé dó his mannum heora bigleofan on gesettum tíman,

    • 55, 128
      • :
    • 105, 90
      • .

  • Bigleafan (-leofan),

    • Hml. S. 25, 815
      • .

  • Ꝥ man ne sceolde ǽnigne bigleofan hire dón binnon seofon nihton,

    • 10, 282
      • .

  • Bíleofan

    stipem .i. alimoniam,

    • An. Ox. 2193
      • .

  • Bíwiste, bileofan

    stipendia,

    • 4833.

  • Hé Godes cyrcan gegódode mid landum and bigleofum,

    • Hml. S. 27, 135
      • .

  • Hé fæste fram eallum bigleofum,

    • Wlfst. 285, 26
      • .
Etymology
[
A. R. bi-leove
:
R. Glouc. bi-live
:
Piers P. bi-lif.
Cf.
O. H. Ger. pí-lipi esca, panes.
]
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v. next two words.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “bí-leofa.” 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/40352.

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