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hof

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
hof, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§106; §128; §295; §335; §342; §344;
A house, hall, dwelling, building; ædes, domus
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  • Lytel hof

    ædicula,

      Ælfc. Gl. 107; Som. 78, 84; Wrt. Voc. 57, 60.

  • Cinges hof

    basilica,

      Som. 78, 86; Wrt. Voc. 58, 1.

  • Hof séleste

    dwelling most excellent [the ark ],

      Cd. 69; Th. 84, 6; Gen. 1393: 66; Th. 79, 25; Gen. 1316: 67; Th. 81, 15; Gen. 1345: 73; Th. 90, 2; Gen. 1489.

  • Gif hwá hwylce hefige yfelnysse on his hofe geseó genime mandragoran on middan ðam huse swá mycel swá hé ðonne hæbbe ealle yfelu hé út ánýdeþ

    if any one see some grievous evil in his home, let him take mandragora into the middle of the house, as much as he has at the time, he will drive out all evils,

      Herb. 132, 7; Lchdm. i. 248, 11: Cd. 76; Th. 94, 29; Gen. 1569: 112; Th. 148, 13; Gen. 2456.

  • Hé gewát from his ágenum hofe isaac lǽdan

    he departed from his own house leading Isaac,

      139; Th. 173, 32; Gen. 2870.

  • Him Hróðgár gewát tó hofe sínum ríce tó reste

    Hrothgar had gone to his sleeping-chamber,

      Beo. Th. 2477; B. 1236.

  • Tó hofe sínum

    to her dwelling,

      3019; B. 1507: 3953; B. 1974.

  • Se hálga wæs tó hofe lǽded in ðæt dimme ræced

    the saint was led to the building [prison] into that dark house,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2616; An. 1309.

  • Of ðam engan hofe,

      Exon. 73 b; Th. 274, 12; Jul. 532: Elen. Kmbl. 1420; El. 712.

  • Tó hofe

    to the [queen's] house,

      1111; El. 557.

  • In ðam reónian hofe

    underground,

      1664; El. 835.

  • Him hof tǽhte

    pointed out to them the dwelling [of Hrothgar ],

      Beo. Th. 630; B. 312.

  • Ðæt rǽdleáse hof

    hell,

      Cd. 2; Th. 3, 32; Gen. 44: 217; Th. 276, 23; Sat. 193.

  • Hofa

    ædes,

      Ælfc. Gl. 107; Som. 78, 83; Wrt. Voc. 57, 59.

  • Hé ða hofa gehealdeþ and begýmeþ

    qui illa oppida maritima observat,

      Nar. 37, 26.

  • Hofu,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1676; An. 840: Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 26; Ruin. 30.

  • On Faraones hofun

    in domos Pharaonis,

      Ex. 8, 24.

  • Hofum,

      Beo. Th. 3677; B. 1836.
Etymology
[O. Sax. O. Frs. hof: Icel. hof a temple: O. H. Ger. hof curtis, curta, atrium, aula, domus; Ger. hof.]
Derived forms
DER. ceaster-, gæst-, gnorn-, grorn-, heolstor-, mearc-, morþor-, sand-, stán-, súsl-, ýþ-hof.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hof.” 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/19401.

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