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in-cofa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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in-cofa, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§575;
An inner chamber, [metaph.] the breast, heart
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  • On his incofan ł on his clyfan

    in cubili suo,

    • Ps. Lamb. 35, 5.
  • On díglum ł on incofan ł on eówrum clyfum

    in cubilibus vestris,

    • 4, 5
    • .
  • Eal ðæt hé hæfde on his incofan

    all that he had in his breast,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 22, 35
    • ;
    • Met. 22, 18
    • .
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v. breóst-cofa.
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