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oflǽte

  • noun [ feminine ]
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oflǽte, -láte, -léte, an;
f.
an oblation, offering
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  • Oflǽtan

    oblationem

    • Ps. Spl. C. 39, 9
    • .
  • Oflátan

    oblationes

    • Ps. Surt. 50, 21
    • .
a sacramental wafer
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  • Eal ðæt tó húsle gebirige, ðæt is, clǽne ofléte, clǽne wín, and clǽne wæter,

    • L. Edg. C. 39
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 252, 13
    • .
  • Behealde hé ðæt his oflétan ne beón ealdbacene,

    • L. Ælfc. C. 36
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    • Th. ii. 360, 26
    • .
  • Benedictus ásende áne ofelétan, and hét mid ðære mæssian,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 174, 26
    • .
a wafer like the sacramental wafer
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  • Man sceal niman . vii. lytle oflǽtan swylce man mid ofraþ,

    • Lchdm. iii. 42, 3
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Erest þat husel beð ouelete and win,
    O. E. Homl. ii. 97, 33.
Icel. obláta, oblát a sacramental wafer
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O. H. Ger. obláta, oblatio
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Ger. oblate wafer
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From Mid. Lat. oblāta.
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v.  ofláte.
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  • oflǽte, n.