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sealt-fæt

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
sealt-fæt, es; n.
A vessel for salt, a salt-cellar
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  • Sealtfæt salinare vel salinum, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 59:

    vas salis,

      290, 23: Anglia ix. 264, 18.
  • Se Hǽlend bestang ðone hláf on ðæt sealtfæt ðe him beforan stód,

      Homl. As. 163, 254.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. salz-faz salinum: Icel. salt-fat.]
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