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grǽfe

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
grǽfe, an; f.: grǽfa, an; m. (? v. mearc-grǽfa.)
a thicket, copse
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  • Ðis syndon ðá gemǽru. Ǽrest grǽfan hrycg se wudu tó dúnhám styde,

      C. D. iii. 388, 29.
  • Úp on ðá blacan grǽfan; of ðǽre grǽfan, v. 339, 7: ii. 172, 29.
  • On hincstes gréfan; of hincstęs grǽfan (

    but

    gráfan,
      C. D. B. iii. 655, 13), iii. 134, 27.
  • On grǽfan,

      Cht. Crw. 4, 2.
  • Þǽm gehilmdum grǽfum

    frondosis dumis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 76: 37, 37.
  • Geþúfum grǽfum,

      151, 22.
  • Þurh grǽfan

    per dumos,

      89, 44.
  • ¶ in place-names :-- Æt Brémes gréfan, C. D. i.
      222, 22.
  • Brémes graefan,

      227, 32.
brushwood
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  • Sixtiga fóðra wuda, and twælf fóður grǽfan, and sex fóður gearda,

      Chr. 852; P. 65, 25.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. greave.]
Similar entries
v. gor-grǽfe, þorn-grǽfe, wír-grǽfe; grǽf, gráf, gráfa.
Linked entries
v.  grǽf.
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  • grǽfe, n.