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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
DER. gold-leáf.
Linked entries
v.  ge-leáf bóc-leáf leáf-ness líf.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “LEÁF.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21246.

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