geaflas
- noun [ masculine ]
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Geaflas
fauces,
- Cot. 91.
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Ðæt nebb lixeþ swá glæs oððe gim, geaflas scýne innan and útan
the beak [of the Phoenix] glitters like glass or gem, the jaws comely within and without,
- Exon. 60 a ;
- Th. 219, 1 ;
- Ph. 300.
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Biþ ðæt heáfod tohliden, geaflas toginene
the head shall be split open, the jaws distended,
- Exon. 99 b ;
- Th. 373, 17 ;
- Seel. 110.
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Ðam ða geaflas beóþ nǽdle scearpran
whose jaws are sharper than a needle,
- 100 a ;
- Th. 373, 32 ;
- Seel. 118.
Bosworth, Joseph. “geaflas.” 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/13391.
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