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ile

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ile, es ; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§386;
the sole of the foot
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  • Ile[? cf. 283. 75 helacalx, occurring in a very similar list]

    calx,

    • Wrt. Voc. 65, 47.

  • Ilas, wearras

    calces,

    • ii. 127. 45.

  • From his hnolle ufewerdan óþ his ilas neoþewerde

    from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 452, 27
      • .

  • Mid ísenum pílum heora ilas gefæstnode

    fastened the soles of their feet with iron nails,

    • Homl. Skt. 5, 388
      • .
hard skin [such as comes on the sole of the foot?], callosity
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  • Ile

    callus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 78;
    • Som. 72, 51
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 46, 11
      • .

  • Weorras vel ill

    callus,

    • ii.103, 16.

  • Him weóxon ylas on olfendes gelícnysse on his cneówum

    callosities grew on his knees, just as on a camel's,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 298, 26
      • .
Etymology
[To þe yle of hire helen, Marh. 10, 19 :
O. Frs. ili, ile, il hard skin
:
Icel. il; gen. iliar; f. the sole of the foot.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ile.” 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/20479.

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