heolfor
- noun [ neuter ]
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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.
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Heolfres þurstge
thirsty for gore,
- 99 b; Th. 373, 24; Seel. 114.
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Flód blóde weól hátan heolfre
blood and hot gore bubbled up in the water,
- Beo. Th. 2850; B. 1423 :
- 1702; B. 849 :
- 2609; B. 1302 :
- Andr. Kmbl. 2483; An. 1243 :
- 2555; An. 1279 :
- Cd. 166; Th. 206, 9; Exod. 449 :
- Th. 208, 1; Exod. 476.
Bosworth, Joseph. “heolfor.” 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/18762.
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