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HLÁF

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
HLÁF, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §294; §325; §335;
Bread, food, a loaf
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  • Gehafen hláf

    fermentacius panis:

    ceorlisc hláf

    cibarius:

    geseórid hláf

    acrizimus panis:

    hwǽten hláf

    siligeneus vel triticeus:

    heorþbacen hláf

    subcinericius vel focarius:

    ofenbacen hláf

    clibanius:

    gehyrst hláf

    frixius panis,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 66;
    • Som. 69, 59-69;
    • Wrt. Voc. 41, 15-23.
  • Litel hláf

    pastillus:

    ofenbacen hláf

    fermentum,

    • 31;
    • Som. 61, 84, 94;
    • Wrt. Voc. 27, 14, 24.
  • Him hylpþ eác ofenbacen hláf,

    • L. M. 2, 27;
    • Lchdm. ii. 222, 17.
  • Smæl hláf

    artolaganus,

    • Cot. 21, Lye.

    Tú hund greátes hláfes and þridde smales

    two hundred [loaves?] of coarse bread, and a third of fine,

    • Chart. Th. 158, 25.
  • Hwítes hláfes cruman

    crumbs of white bread,

    • L. M. 1, 2;
    • Lchdm. ii. 34, 21.
  • Ne sý neáta cwyld ne ádl ne hláfes hungor

    let there not be murrain among cattle, or disease, or lack of food,

    • Shrn. 104, 27.
  • Sing ðis on ánum berenan hláfe and syle ðan horse etan

    sing this over a barley loaf and give it the horse to eat,

    • Lchdm. iii. 68, 31:
    • Blickl. Homl. 179, 31:
    • Jn. Skt. 6, 9.
  • Man sceolde dón dǽdbote on hláfe and on wætere

    pœnitentia sit agenda in pane et aqua,

    • L. Ecg. C. 2;
    • Th. ii. 134, 4.
  • Úrne dæghwamlícan hláf syle ús tódæg

    give us to-day our daily bread,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 6, 11.
  • Mid Grécum diáconas ne móton brecan gehálgodne hláf

    apud Græcos diaconis non licet frangere panem sanctum,

    • L. Ecg. C. 35;
    • Th. ii. 160, 9:
    • L. M. 3, 41;
    • Lchdm. ii. 334, 22:
    • L. Edg. C. 43;
    • Th. ii. 254, 1.
  • For hwon ne rǽcst ðú ús ðone hwítan hláf ðone ðú sealdest Saban

    quare non nobis porrigis panem nitidum quem Saba dabas,

    • Bd. 2, 5;
    • S. 507, 14.
  • Cyse and drygne hláf

    cheese and dry bread,

    • L. M. 2, 26;
    • Lchdm. ii. 278, 21.
  • Hláf wexenne

    a wax plaster,

    • Lchdm. iii. 210, 1, 2.
  • Gesufelne hláf,

    • L. Ath. V. 8, 6; Th. i. 236, 36.
  • Ðeorfe hláfas

    unleavened loaves,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 264. 3.
  • cxx. huǽtenra hláfa and xxx. clénra

    one hundred and twenty wheaten loaves and thirty made without bran,

    • 460, 16.
  • cxx gesuflra hláfa,

    • 32: 469, 3.
  • On xii mónþum ðú scealt sillan ðínum þeówan men vii hund hláfa and xx hláfa búton morgenmetum and nónmetum

    in twelve months thou shalt give thy slave-man seven hundred and twenty loaves, besides meals at morn and noon,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 192, 18.
  • Cweþ ðæt ða stánas tó hláfum geweorþan

    tell the stones to become loaves,

    • Blickl. Homl. 27, 7.
Etymology
[Orm. laf:
Laym. laves. pl:
Ayenb. lhove:
Goth. hlaibs:
Icel. hleifr:
O. H. Ger. hlaiba, leib panis, tortella:
Ger. laib.]
Derived forms
heofon-, offrung-hláf.
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