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heolfor

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
heolfor, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§84;
Blood from a wound, gore; cruor
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  • Blód út ne com heolfor of hreþre ðeáh mec bite stíðecg stýle

    there came not out blood or gore from my breast though the steel with stiff edge bit me,

    • Exon. 130 a; Th. 499, 9; Rä. 88, 13.
  • Heolfres þurstge

    thirsty for gore,

      99 b; Th. 373, 24; Seel. 114.
  • Flód blóde weól hátan heolfre

    blood and hot gore bubbled up in the water,

    • Beo. Th. 2850; B. 1423
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    • 1702; B. 849
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    • 2609; B. 1302
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    • Andr. Kmbl. 2483; An. 1243
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    • 2555; An. 1279
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    • Cd. 166; Th. 206, 9; Exod. 449
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    • Th. 208, 1; Exod. 476.
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v.  helabr.
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  • heolfor, n.