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lamb

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
lamb, es; and lamber; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§59; §154; §276; §282; §292; §331; §419; §420;
A lamb
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  • Ðæt lamb sceal beón ánwintre

    erit agnus anniculus,

    • Ex. 12, 5
    • .
  • Hér is Godes lamb

    ecce agnus dei,

    • Jn. Skt 1, 29
    • .
  • Swá plegende lamp

    quasi agnus lasciviens,

    • Kent. Gl. 214.
  • Hé gefullode ðone wulf and geworhte tó lambe

    he baptized the wolf and made it a lamb,

    • Homl. Th. i. 390, 26
    • .
  • Godes lomber folgian,

    • Exon. 48 a
    • ;
    • Th. 164, 22
    • ;
    • Gú. 1015
    • .
  • Nyme ǽlc mann án lamb

    tollat unusquisque agnum,

    • Ex. 12, 3
    • .
  • Swá swá lamb

    sicut agni,

    • Ps. Spl. 113, 4
    • .
  • Swá sceóne lambru,

    • Ps. Th. 113, 4, 6
    • .
  • Lambra,

    • Ps. Spl. 113, 6
    • .
  • Mid lamba rysle

    cum adipe agnorum,

    • Deut. 32, 14
    • .
  • Abram gesette seofon lamb on sundron

    statuit Abram septem agnas seorsum,

    • Gen. 21, 28
    • .
  • Ic eów sende swá swá lamb [lombro, Lind: lombor, Rush.] betwux wulfas

    ego mitto vos sicut agnos inter lupos,

    • Lk. Skt. 10, 3
    • .
  • Heald míne lamb [lombor, lomboro, Lind: lombor, Rush.]

    pasce agnos meos,

    • Jn. Skt. 21, 15, 16.
Etymology
[
Orm. lammbre; pl
:
Ayenb. Piers P. lambren
:
Goth. O. Sax. Icel. O. H. Ger. lamb
;
in O. H. Ger. lember, lembir as well as lamb are found in pl. v. Grff. ii. 214.
]
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v.  lemb lomb.
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