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slíf

  • noun [ feminine ]
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slíf, sléf, slýf, e: slífe, an; f.
A sleeve
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  • Slýf

    manica

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 70.

  • Be slífan gebunden

    submanicatus

    • 21, 64.

  • Slýfa

    manicae

    vel

    brachila

    • 25, 63.

  • Slýfan

    manice

    • ii. 55, 23: 87, 58:

    bracile

    • 127, 14:

    manicas

    • 87, 43.

  • Æghwelcere wunde beforan feaxe and beforan sliéfan (sléfan, MS. B.: slýfan, MS. H.) and beneoðan cneowe sio bót bið twýsceatte máre

    (cf. 45; Th. i. 92, 20 for this double compensation when a wound was not concealed by the hair)
    • L. Alf. pol. 66.
      • ;
    • Th. i. 96, 30.

  • Synd gesealde from ðam abbode ealle neádbehéfe ðing, ðæt is cugele...slýfa (slýfan, MSS. O. T.), gyrdel

    • R. Ben. 92, 3.

  • Hé one hláf tóbræc and bewand on his twám slýfum

    • Homl. Th. i. 376, 30.

  • Hé ðone hláf gedyde on his twá sléfan

    • Blick. Homl. 181, 17.
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v. earm-slífe
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v.  sléf slífe slýf.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “slíf.” 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/28008.

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