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and-leofen

  • noun [ neuter ]
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and-leofen, -lifen, -lyfen, es; n.
living, food, sustenance, nourishment, pottage; victus, alimenta, pulmentum
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  • Mon to andleofne eorþan wæstmas hám gelǽdeþ

    man for sustenance brings home earth's fruits,

    • Exon. 59a; Th. 214, 22
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    • Ph. 243
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  • Ðú winnan scealt and ðíne andlifne selfa gerǽcan

    thou shalt labour and thyself get thy sustenance,

    • Cd. 43; Th. 57, 25
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    • Gen. 933
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  • Sealde him andlyfene

    dedit eis alimenta,

    • Gen. 47, 17
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    • Bd. 1, 27, resp. 8; S. 494, 16
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  • Sealde ealle hyre andlyfene

    misit totum victum suum,

    • Mk. Bos. 12, 44
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that by which food is procured, money, wages, alms; stipendium, stips
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  • Ðæt he mihte dæghwámlíce. andleofene onfón

    ut quotidianam ab eis stipem acciperet,

    • Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 3
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  • Beóþ éþhylde on eówrum andlyfenum

    estote contenti stipendiis vestris,

    • Lk. Bos. 3, 14
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