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LEÁF

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
LEÁF, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§135; §294; §343;
A LEAF of a tree, of a book, a shoot
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  • Leáf hys ne fylþ

    folium ejus non defluet,

    • Ps. Spl
    • .;
  • his leáf and his blǽda ne fealwiaþ ne ne seariaþ

    folium ejus non decidet,

    • Ps. Th. 1, 4.
  • Leáf

    antes,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 16
    • .
  • Leáf

    folia,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 21, 19
    • :
    • 24, 32
    • :
    • Mk. Skt. 13, 28
    • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 11, 114
    • ;
    • Met. 11, 57
    • .
  • Man scóf ðara bóca leáf ðe of Hibernia cóman and ða sceafþan dyde on wæter

    rasa folia codicum qui de Hibernia fuerant, et ipsam rasuram aquæ immissam,

    • Bd. 1, 1
    • ;
    • S. 474, 37
    • .
  • Mid grénum leáfum

    virentibus foliis,

    • Gen. 8, 11
    • .
Etymology
[
Goth. laufs; m.
:
O. Sax. lóf
:
O. Frs. láf
:
Icel. lauf
:
O. H. Ger. laub folium, frons
:
Ger. laub.
]
Derived forms
gold-leáf
Linked entries
v.  ge-leáf bóc-leáf leáf-ness líf.
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  • LEÁF, n.