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stæf-gefég

  • noun [ neuter ]
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stæf-gefég, es; n.
a combination of letters
that forms a syllable
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  • Syllaba is stæfgefég on ánre orðunge geendod. A domo fram húse; hér is se a for ánum stæfgefége; ab homine; hér is se ab án stæfgefég. Hwílon byþ ðæt stæfgefég on ánum stæfe, hwílon on twám, etc.,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 3
      • ;
    • Zup. 7, 4-11
      • .

  • Wé tódǽlaþ ... ða ðǽlas tó stæfgefégum and syððan ða stæfgefégu tó stafum,

    • 2
      • ;
    • Zup. 5, 1-2
      • .
that forms a diphthong
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  • Dyptongus is twýfeald swég oððe twýfeald stæfgefég,

    • 4
      • ;
    • Zup. 7, 13
      • .

    Diptongon, ðæt ys twýfeald stæfgefég,

    • Anglia viii. 326, 4
      • ,
a forming of letters in writing
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  • Stæfgefég

    literaturam,

    • Ps. Spl. 70, 17
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “stæf-gefég.” 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/28627.

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