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of-cyrf

  • noun [ masculine ]
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of-cyrf, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§563;
a cutting off, amputation
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  • Hwæt getácnaþ ðæs fylmenes ofcyrf,

      Homl. Th. i. 94, 32.
that which is cut off
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  • Hé tócearf his basing on emtwá, and sealde óðerne dǽl ðam earman wædlan, and mid ðam ofcyrfe hine eft bewǽfde (

    wrapped himself in the remaining portion of the cloak

    ),
      Homl. Th. ii. 500, 27.
  • Heó (

    the cross) is wíde tódǽled mid gelómlícum ofcyrfum (by the bits often cut off it ),

      H. R. 105, 14.
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  • of-cyrf, n.