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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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  • stæf-gefég, n.