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læfel

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
læfel, es; m.
A cup, vessel, bowl
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  • Læfel

    sciffus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 85, 66
    • .
  • Lævel,

    • 25, 18
    • .
  • Lævil

    manile,

    • 290, 69
    • .
  • Læuel

    aquemanile,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 14.
  • Label

    aquemale,

    • l00, 60.
  • Lebil

    manile,

    • 113, 43
    • .
  • Lebl

    triplia,

    • 122, 62
    • .
  • Se læfyl ðe gé forstǽlon wæs mínum hláforde swíðe dýre

    scyphus, quem furati estis, ipse est, in quo bibit dominus meus,

    • Gen. 44, 5.
  • Ǽren fæt, læfel oððe céc,

    • Lchdm. iii. 292, 9
    • .
  • Of ðæm hlæfle,

    • Chart. Th. 439, 30
    • .
  • Ðonne gesealde Aðelwold biscop his cynehláforde ánne sylfrenne lefel on fíf pundum

    dedit autem Athelwoldus episcopus regi quoddam vas argenteum quinque, libras appendens,

    • 236, 11
    • .
  • Nym mínne sylfrenan læfyl

    scyphum meum argenteum,

    • Gen. 44, 2.
  • viii læflas

    eight cups,

    • Chart. Th. 429, 36.
Etymology
[
Laym. water me brohte mid guldene læflen
:
O. L. Ger. lavil pelvis
:
O. H. Ger. label, lapel, labium, concha, pelvis, Grff. ii. 78-9.
]
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v.  lefel.
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