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húfe

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
húfe, an; f.
A covering for the head
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  • Húfe

    cidaris vel mitra,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 64
    • ;
    • Som. 69, 11
    • ;
    • Wrt. Vcc. 40, 45.
  • Biscopes húf

    flammeolum vel flammeum,

    • 112
    • ;
    • Som. 79, 88
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 59, 55.
  • Húfan hættes

    mitræ,

    • Lye.
Etymology
[
Chauc. Piers P. houve
:
Prompt. Parv. howe, heed hyllynge tena, capedulum, sidaris; and see the note, p. 249
:
Scot. how a coif, hood
:
Icel. húfa a hood, cap, bonnet
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O. H. Ger. húba mitra, thyara
:
Ger. haube.
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  • húfe, n.