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Wright's OE grammar
§135; §294; §343;
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a leaf of a tree, plant, &c.
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  • Leáf folium, rind

    cortix

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      Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 77.

  • Nǽfre brosniað leáf under lyfte,

      Ph. 39.

  • Lytle hwíle leáf beóð gréne,

      Sal. 312.

  • Hleófa (leáf, R.)

    folia

    ,
      Mt. L. 24, 32.

  • Þú þá treówa on hærfesttíd heora leáfa bereáfast and eft on lencten óþru leáf sellest,

      Bt. 4; F. 8, 4-7.

  • Hié heora líchoman leáfum beþeahton,

      Gen. 845.

  • Beám sceal on eorðan leáfum líðan, Gn. Ex. 26. I a.

    an artificial leaf

    :-- Gylden is se Godes cwide gimmum ástǽned, hafað silfren leáf,
      Sal. 64.
a leaf of a book
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  • Hér on þysan óþran leáfe onginð seó æftere bóc,

      Gr. D. 92, 2.

  • Se ǽresta heofon gefealden swá swá bóca leáf beóð,

      Verc. Först. 122, 14.

  • Feówer leáfum oþþe fífum of þǽre bóce gerǽddum,

      R. Ben. 67, 7. v.
    cawel-leáf, fíc-leáf, hoc-leáf, holen-leáf, ítig-leáf, wín-leáf.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “leáf.” 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/54366.

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