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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
DER. heofon-, offrung-hláf.
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  • HLÁF, n.