CEALF
- noun [ neuter ]
Grammar
Wright's OE grammar
§64;
§72;
§294;
§311;
§420;
A CALF; vitulus, vitula
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He genam án fætt cealf
tulit vitulum tenerrimum,
- Gen. 18, 7.
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He ofslóh án fæt celf
occidit vitulum saginatum,
- Lk. Foxe 15, 27.
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Ne onfó ic ná of eówrum húse cealfas
non accipiam de domo tua vitulos,
- Ps. Th. 49, 10.
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Ðæt hálige cealf
the holy calf,
- Ps. C. 50, 137 ;
- Ps. Grn. ii. 280, 137 .
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Me ymbhringdon mænige calfru
circumdederunt me vituli multi,
- Ps. Th. 21, 10.
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Ic ne on-foo of húse ðínum calferu
non accipiam de domo tua vitulos,
- Ps. Surt. 49, 9.
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On-settaþ ofer wi-bed ðín calfer
acc. pl. imponent super altare tuum vitulos,
- 50, 21.
Etymology
Orm. callf:
Plat. kalf, kalv, n:
O. Sax. calf, n:
Dut. kalf, n:
Ger. kalb, n:
M. H. Ger. kalp, n:
O. H. Ger. kalb, n:
Goth. kalbo, f. = a young cow, heifer:
Dan. kalv, m. f:
Swed. kalf, m:
Icel. kálfr, m.
Linked entries
v.
calf calferu calfru calfur cealfian celf cielf.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “CEALF.” 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/5916.
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